An enhanced transient expression system in plants based on suppression of gene silencing by the p19 protein of tomato bushy stunt virus

Plant Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 949-956

  Voinnet, Olivier ^a,b   Rivas, Susana ^a   Mestre, Pere ^a   Baulcombe, David ^a  

^a SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium mediated transient expression; p19 protein; Protein purification; RNA silencing; Viral suppressors

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; PROTEINS; VIRUSES; BACTERIA; FRUITS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PURIFICATION;

TRANSIENT EXPRESSION SYSTEM;

PLANTS (BOTANY); GENE EXPRESSION;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TOBACCO; TOMBUSVIRUS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; TOMATO BUSHY STUNT VIRUS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA SILENCING; TOMATO BUSHY STUNT VIRUS; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; TRANSIENT GENE EXPRESSIONS; VIRAL SUPPRESSORS;

EID: 0037342553     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01676.x     Document Type: Article

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