The use of geminiviruses in biotechnology and plant molecular biology, with particular focus on Mastreviruses

Plant Science

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-130

  Palmer, Kenneth E ^a,b   Rybicki, Edward P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Geminivirus; Plant gene vector; Plant virus

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA;

BIOENGINEERING; CLONING VECTOR; GEMINIVIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; REPLICON; REVIEW;

EID: 0030719879     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(97)00187-8     Document Type: Review

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