A geminivirus-induced gene silencing system for gene function validation in cassava

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 613-624

  Fofana, Ismael B F ^a,b,c   Sangaré, Abdourahamane ^d   Collier, Ray ^a   Taylor, Christopher ^a   Fauquet, Claude M ^a,b  

^a DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Intl Lab for Trop Agric Biotech   (United States)

^c Universite de Cocody   (South Africa)

^d Ctr Natl de Recherche Agronomique   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cassava; Linamarin; Sulfur gene (su); Virus induced gene silencing (VIGS)

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENZYMES; GENES; SULFUR; VIRUSES;

AFRICAN CASSAVA MOSAIC VIRUS (ACMV); GENE-SILENCING VECTOR; LINAMARIN; REVERSE GENETICS;

CROPS;

CAPSID PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME P450; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOENZYME; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOENE DEHYDROGENASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CASSAVA; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GEMINIVIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIROLOGY;

CAPSID PROTEINS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; GEMINIVIRIDAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VECTORS; ISOENZYMES; MANIHOT; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPHYLLS; DATA BASES; ENZYMES; GENES; MANIHOT; PLANTS; PLASTIDS; SULFUR; VIRUSES;

AFRICAN CASSAVA MOSAIC VIRUS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; GEMINIVIRIDAE; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 12544250056     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-004-0161-y     Document Type: Article

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