Education

Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, University of Valencia, Spain, 1988

Current position

Research Professor, Plant Molecular and Cell Biology Institute, CSIC-Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

Publications

Most relevant publications since 2005

1. Martinez, G., Castellano, M., Tortosa, M., Pallas, V. and Gomez, G. (2014). A pathogenic non-coding RNA induces changes in dynamic DNA methylation of ribosomal RNA genes in host plants. Nucleic Acids Res 42(3): 1553-1562.
   
2. Serra-Soriano, M., Pallas, V. and Navarro, J. A. (2014). A model for transport of a viral membrane protein through the early secretory pathway: minimal sequence and endoplasmic reticulum lateral mobility requirements. Plant J 77(6): 863-879.
   
3. Peiro, A., Martinez-Gil, L., Tamborero, S., Pallas, V., Sanchez-Navarro, J. A. and Mingarro, I. (2014). The Tobacco mosaic virus movement protein associates with but does not integrate into biological membranes. J Virol 88(5): 3016-3026.
   
4. Fajardo, T. V., Peiro, A., Pallas, V. and Sanchez-Navarro, J. (2013). Systemic transport of Alfalfa mosaic virus can be mediated by the movement proteins of several viruses assigned to five genera of the 30K family. J Gen Virol 94(Pt 3): 677-681.
   
5. Gomez, G. and Pallas, V. (2013). Viroids: a light in the darkness of the lncRNA-directed regulatory networks in plants. New Phytol 198(1): 10-15.
   
6. Pallas, V. and Gomez, G. (2013). Phloem RNA-binding proteins as potential components of the long-distance RNA transport system. Front Plant Sci 4: 130.
   
7. Herranz, M. C., Niehl, A., Rosales, M., Fiore, N., Zamorano, A., Granell, A. and Pallas, V. (2013). A remarkable synergistic effect at the transcriptomic level in peach fruits doubly infected by prunus necrotic ringspot virus and peach latent mosaic viroid. Virol J 10: 164.
   
8. Pallas, V., Aparicio, F., Herranz, M. C., Sanchez-Navarro, J. A. and Scott, S. W. (2013). The molecular biology of ilarviruses. Adv Virus Res 87: 139-181.
   
9. Gomez, G. and Pallas, V. (2012). Studies on subcellular compartmentalization of plant pathogenic noncoding RNAs give new insights into the intracellular RNA-traffic mechanisms. Plant Physiol 159(2): 558-564.
   
10. Gomez, G. and Pallas, V. (2012). A pathogenic non coding RNA that replicates and accumulates in chloroplasts traffics to this organelle through a nuclear-dependent step. Plant Signal Behav 7(7): 882-884.
    
11. Herranz, M. C., Pallas, V. and Aparicio, F. (2012). Multifunctional roles for the N-terminal basic motif of Alfalfa mosaic virus coat protein: nucleolar/cytoplasmic shuttling, modulation of RNA-binding activity, and virion formation. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 25(8): 1093-1103.
    
12. Pallas, V., Aparicio, F., Herranz, M. C., Amari, K., Sanchez-Pina, M. A., Myrta, A. and Sanchez-Navarro, J. A. (2012). Ilarviruses of Prunus spp.: a continued concern for fruit trees. Phytopathology 102(12): 1108-1120.
    
13. Genoves, A., Pallas, V. and Navarro, J. A. (2011). Contribution of topology determinants of a viral movement protein to its membrane association, intracellular traffic, and viral cell-to-cell movement. J Virol 85(15): 7797-7809.
    
14. Martinez, G., Forment, J., Llave, C., Pallas, V. and Gomez, G. (2011). High-throughput sequencing, characterization and detection of new and conserved cucumber miRNAs. PLoS One 6(5): e19523.
    
15. Pallas, V. and Garcia, J. A. (2011). How do plant viruses induce disease? Interactions and interference with host components. J Gen Virol 92(Pt 12): 2691-2705.
    
16. Aparicio, F., Aparicio-Sanchis, R., Gadea, J., Sanchez-Navarro, J. A., Pallas, V. and Murguia, J. R. (2011). A plant virus movement protein regulates the Gcn2p kinase in budding yeast. PLoS One 6(11): e27409.
    
17. Genoves, A., Navarro, J. A. and Pallas, V. (2010). The Intra- and intercellular movement of Melon necrotic spot virus (MNSV) depends on an active secretory pathway. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 23(3): 263-272.
    
18. Martinez, G., Donaire, L., Llave, C., Pallas, V. and Gomez, G. (2010). High-throughput sequencing of Hop stunt viroid-derived small RNAs from cucumber leaves and phloem. Mol Plant Pathol 11(3): 347-359.
    
19. Sanchez-Navarro, J., Fajardo, T., Zicca, S., Pallas, V. and Stavolone, L. (2010). Caulimoviridae tubule-guided transport is dictated by movement protein properties. J Virol 84(8): 4109-4112.
    
20. Gomez, G. and Pallas, V. (2010). Noncoding RNA mediated traffic of foreign mRNA into chloroplasts reveals a novel signaling mechanism in plants. PLoS One 5(8): e12269.
    
21. Aparicio, F., Pallas, V. and Sanchez-Navarro, J. (2010). Implication of the C terminus of the Prunus necrotic ringspot virus movement protein in cell-to-cell transport and in its interaction with the coat protein. J Gen Virol 91(Pt 7): 1865-1870.
    
22. Gómez, G. and Pallás, V. (2010). Can the import of mRNA into chloroplasts be mediated by a secondary structure of a small non-coding RNA? Plant Signal Behav 5: 1517-1519.
    
23. Gomez, G., Martinez, G. and Pallas, V. (2009). Interplay between viroid-induced pathogenesis and RNA silencing pathways. Trends Plant Sci 14(5): 264-269.
    
24. Martinez-Gil, L., Sanchez-Navarro, J. A., Cruz, A., Pallas, V., Perez-Gil, J. and Mingarro, I. (2009). Plant virus cell-to-cell movement is not dependent on the transmembrane disposition of its movement protein. J Virol 83(11): 5535-5543.
    
25. Amari, K., Burgos, L., Pallas, V. and Sanchez-Pina, M. A. (2009). Vertical transmission of Prunus necrotic ringspot virus: hitch-hiking from gametes to seedling. J Gen Virol 90(Pt 7): 1767-1774.
    
26. Genoves, A., Navarro, J. A. and Pallas, V. (2009). A self-interacting carmovirus movement protein plays a role in binding of viral RNA during the cell-to-cell movement and shows an actin cytoskeleton dependent location in cell periphery. Virology 395(1): 133-142.
    
27. Gomez, G., Martinez, G. and Pallas, V. (2008). Viroid-induced symptoms in Nicotiana benthamiana plants are dependent on RDR6 activity. Plant Physiol 148(1): 414-423.
    
28. Gosalvez-Bernal, B., Genoves, A., Navarro, J. A., Pallas, V. and Sanchez-Pina, M. A. (2008). Distribution and pathway for phloem-dependent movement of Melon necrotic spot virus in melon plants. Mol Plant Pathol 9(4): 447-461.
    
29. Amari, K., Burgos, L., Pallas, V. and Sanchez-Pina, M. A. (2007). Prunus necrotic ringspot virus Early Invasion and Its Effects on Apricot Pollen Grain Performance. Phytopathology 97(8): 892-899.
    
30. Gomez, G. and Pallas, V. (2007). Mature monomeric forms of Hop stunt viroid resist RNA silencing in transgenic plants. Plant J 51(6): 1041-1049.
    
31. Sanchez-Navarro, J. A., Carmen Herranz, M. and Pallas, V. (2006). Cell-to-cell movement of Alfalfa mosaic virus can be mediated by the movement proteins of Ilar-, bromo-, cucumo-, tobamo- and comoviruses and does not require virion formation. Virology 346(1): 66-73.
    
32. Aparicio, F., Sanchez-Navarro, J. A. and Pallas, V. (2006). In vitro and in vivo mapping of the Prunus necrotic ringspot virus coat protein C-terminal dimerization domain by bimolecular fluorescence complementation. J Gen Virol 87(Pt 6): 1745-1750.
    
33. Genoves, A., Navarro, J. A. and Pallas, V. (2006). Functional analysis of the five melon necrotic spot virus genome-encoded proteins. J Gen Virol 87(Pt 8): 2371-2380.
    
34. Gomez, G. and Pallas, V. (2006). Hop stunt viroid is processed and translocated in transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana plants. Mol Plant Pathol 7(6): 511-517.
    
35. Navarro, J. A., Genoves, A., Climent, J., Sauri, A., Martinez-Gil, L., Mingarro, I. and Pallas, V. (2006). RNA-binding properties and membrane insertion of Melon necrotic spot virus (MNSV) double gene block movement proteins. Virology 356(1-2): 57-67.
    
36. Gomez, G., Torres, H. and Pallas, V. (2005). Identification of translocatable RNA-binding phloem proteins from melon, potential components of the long-distance RNA transport system. Plant J 41(1): 107-116.
    
37. Herranz, M. C., Sanchez-Navarro, J. A., Aparicio, F. and Pallas, V. (2005). Simultaneous detection of six stone fruit viruses by non-isotopic molecular hybridization using a unique riboprobe or 'polyprobe'. J Virol Methods 124(1-2): 49-55.
    
38. Carmen Herranz, M., Sanchez-Navarro, J. A., Sauri, A., Mingarro, I. and Pallas, V. (2005). Mutational analysis of the RNA-binding domain of the Prunus necrotic ringspot virus (PNRSV) movement protein reveals its requirement for cell-to-cell movement. Virology 339(1): 31-41.
    
39. Codoner, F. M., Cuevas, J. M., Sanchez-Navarro, J. A., Pallas, V. and Elena, S. F. (2005). Molecular evolution of the plant virus family Bromoviridae based on RNA3-encoded proteins. J Mol Evol 61(5): 697-705.