Resistance to Plum pox virus (PPV) in Nicotiana benthamiana plants transformed with the PPV HC-Pro silencing suppressor gene

Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 239-248

  Barajas, D ^a   Tenllado, F ^a   Gonzalez Jara P ^a   Martinez Garcia B ^a   Atencio, F A ^a   Diaz Ruiz J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

HC Pro; Post transcriptional gene silencing; PPV; Silencing suppressor; Transgenic resistance

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PLUM POX VIRUS; POTATO VIRUS Y; POTYVIRUS; POXVIRIDAE; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TOBACCO ETCH VIRUS;

EID: 12144268645     PISSN: 11254653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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