The use of cysteine proteinase inhibitors to engineer resistance against potyviruses in transgenic tobacco plants

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1223-1226

  Gutierrez Campos, Rafael ^a   Torres Acosta, Juan Antonio ^a   Saucedo Arias, Luis Jorge ^b   Gomez Lim, Miguel Angel ^b  

^a Autonomous University of Aguascalientes Centro de Ciencias Basicas   (Mexico)

^b Unidad   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Genetic engineering; Potyvirus; Proteinase inhibitors; Tobacco; Tobacco etch virus; Transgenic plants; Virus resistance

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; POTATO VIRUS Y; POTYVIRUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TOBACCO ETCH VIRUS; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0032787406     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/70781     Document Type: Article

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