Fig 7. Relative expression levels (log2 scale) of seven hop transcripts selected based on high cellular presence evidence of CBCVd derived sRNAs in HLVd and CBCVd infected hop plants in leaves, flowers and cones.

Expression profile of GATA transcription factor for CBCVd infected plants is showing possible vd-sRNA action of downregulation. The expression is relative to viroid-free plants. Error bars represent standard error of the mean (SEM) of biological replicates.