Enhancement of virus-induced gene silencing through viral-based production of inverted-repeats

Plant Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 543-553

  Lacomme, Christophe ^a,b   Hrubikova, Katarina ^a   Hein, Ingo ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b MyInefield Research Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barley stripe mosaic virus; dsRNA; Hairpin; Inverted repeat; Tobacco mosaic virus; Virus induced gene silencing

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; PROTEINS; RNA; TISSUE; VIRUSES;

VIRUS INDUCED GENE SILENCING (VIGS);

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; HORDEUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, PLANT; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TRANSGENES;

BARLEY STRIPE MOSAIC VIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; EMBRYOPHYTA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TRIXIS;

EID: 0038192399     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01733.x     Document Type: Article

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