Viral pathogenicity determinants are suppressors of transgene silencing in Nicotiana benthamiana

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 6739-6746

  Brigneti, Gianinna ^a   Voinnet, Olivier ^a   Li, Wan Xiang ^b   Ji, Liang Hui ^b   Ding, Shou Wei ^b   Baulcombe, David C ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cucumber mosaic virus; Gene silencing; Potato virus X; Potato virus Y; Virus resistance

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; EXPRESSION VECTOR; HIGHER PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SILENCER GENE; TRANSGENE; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; POTATO VIRUS X; POTATO VIRUS Y; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0032538794     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.22.6739     Document Type: Article

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