Transgenic tomato plants expressing tylcv capsid protein are resistant to the virus: The role of the nuclear localization signal (nls) in the resistance

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 447, Issue , 1997, Pages 387-391

  Kunik, T ^a   Gafni, Y ^a   Czosnek, H ^b   Citovsky, V ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; ALEYRODIDAE; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; GEMINIVIRIDAE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MIRIDAE; TOMATO YELLOW LEAF CURL VIRUS; TOMATO YELLOW LEAF CURL VIRUS - ISRAEL;

EID: 0012486809     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1997.447.81     Document Type: Conference Paper

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