The purpose of the present invention is to develop a cucumber fruit mottle mosaic virus vector so as to enable a study of gene function through gene silencing phenomenon in Cucurbitaceae plants, which has been difficult to study in the past, and to enable the study in fruits as well through stable expression. Furthermore, the present invention establishes a system that enables expression of a heterologous protein in plants, thereby, for the first time, providing a vector applicable to both the gene silencing phenomenon and protein expression in Cucurbtaceae plants.

An object of the present invention is induction of CD4-positive T cells from pluripotent stem cells. This object is achieved by production of CD4-positive T cells by introducing a CD4 gene or a gene product thereof into T cells induced from pluripotent stem cells.

The present disclosure relates to a single stranded RNA vector suitable for introducing a therapeutic agent, such as a peptide, a protein or a small RNA, into a host plant or otherwise treating a host plant. The vector does not encode for any movement protein or coat protein, but is capable of capable of systemic and phloem-limited movement and replication within the host plant. The vector may be modified to include an siRNA effective against a bacterial plant pathogen. Alternatively, the wild type vector may be introduced into the plant to inhibit or control a bacterial infection in the plant by way of non-specific siRNA created by the RNA silencing or transitive silencing mechanism of the plant. Alternatively, the vector may be modified to include an insert that increases a silencing mechanism of the plant, for example an insert that is a complement to a plant virus.

Compositions and method for treating a folate-resistant disease in a subject are disclosed. The methods involve administering to the subject an effective amount of a composition containing a formate. For example, the method can be used to reducing the risk of neural tube defects during pregnancy. The method can also be used to treat other conditions normally treatable by folate supplementation.

Disclosed herein are viral vectors suitable for transfection into woody trees for purposes of delivering and expressing beneficial genes. Specifically exemplified herein are vectors for transfecting citrus trees. The vectors allow for the expression of useful proteins, such as those that can protect the tree from disease. Specifically exemplified herein are methods of transfecting woody trees that allow multiple applications of vectors while avoiding superinfection exclusion.

The present invention provides trans-complementation systems for expressing gene products in plants. In general, the invention provides systems including a carrier vector and a producer vector, both based on plant viruses. The producer vector is defective for at least one function needed for successful systemic infection of a plant, e.g., replication, cell-to-cell movement, or long distance movement. The carrier vector supplies the missing function in trans. Certain producer vectors lack a functional coat protein coding sequence, in which case the corresponding producer vector supplies coat protein in trans. The invention also provides novel plant viral vectors and methods of use, e.g., to produce polypeptides or active RNAs in plants.

The present invention provides plant virus vectors developed from the Foxtail mosaic virus (FoMV). The vectors include a nucleic acid sequence encoding an infectious Foxtail mosaic virus (FoMV) with a functional movement encoding sequence operably linked to one or more regulatory elements functional in a plant. The plant virus vectors may be used to infect monocot plants, such as maize and can be used for VIGS, gene editing, gene expression or other transgenic protocols.

The present invention provides trans-complementation systems for expressing gene products in plants. In general, the invention provides systems including a carrier vector and a producer vector, both based on plant viruses. The producer vector is defective for at least one function needed for successful systemic infection of a plant, e.g., replication, cell-to-cell movement, or long distance movement. The carrier vector supplies the missing function in trans. Certain producer vectors lack a functional coat protein coding sequence, in which case the corresponding producer vector supplies coat protein in trans. The invention also provides novel plant viral vectors and methods of use, e.g., to produce polypeptides or active RNAs in plants.

The purpose of the present invention is to develop a cucumber fruit mottle mosaic virus vector so as to enable a study of gene function through gene silencing phenomenon in Cucurbitaceae plants, which has been difficult to study in the past, and to enable the study in fruits as well through stable expression. Furthermore, the present invention establishes a system that enables expression of a heterologous protein in plants, thereby, for the first time, providing a vector applicable to both the gene silencing phenomenon and protein expression in Cucurbtaceae plants.

Disclosed herein are viral vectors suitable for transfection into woody trees for purposes of delivering and expressing beneficial genes. Specifically exemplified herein are vectors for transfecting citrus trees. The vectors allow for the expression of useful proteins, such as those that can protect the tree from disease. Specifically exemplified herein are methods of transfecting woody trees that allow multiple applications of vectors while avoiding superinfection exclusion.