A ribozyme gene and an antisense gene are equally effective in conferring resistance to tobacco mosaic virus on transgenic tobacco

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 329-338

  De Feyter, R ^a   Young, M ^a,b   Schroeder, K ^a   Dennis, E S ^a   Gerlach, W ^a,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; Antiviral agents; Hammerhead ribozymes; In vivo expression; RNA cleavage

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RIBOZYME;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, VIRAL; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0029870209     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050083     Document Type: Article

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