Heterologous expression of plant virus genes that suppress post-transcriptional gene silencing results in suppression of RNA interference in Drosophila cells

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Reavy, Brian ^a   Dawson, Sheila ^a   Canto, Tomas ^a   MacFarlane, Stuart A ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA; VIRUSES;

DROSOPHILELLA CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANT VIRUSES; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING (PTGS);

GENES;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; VIRUS PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLANT VIRUS; RNA INTERFERENCE; VIRUS GENE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOSAIC VIRUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TOBACCO ETCH VIRUS; TOBACCO RATTLE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELLS, CULTURED; CUCUMOVIRUS; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, VIRAL; PLANT VIRUSES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 13244255256     PISSN: 14726750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-4-18     Document Type: Article

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