Spreading of post-transcriptional gene silencing along the target gene promotes systemic silencing

Plant Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 594-602

  García Pérez, Rubén Darío ^a,b   Van Houdt, Helena ^a   Depicker, Anna ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

PTGS; RNA silencing; Systemic silencing; Transitive silencing

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DRUG DOSAGE; ENZYME KINETICS; GENES; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); RNA;

GENE SILENCING; SILENCING SIGNALS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; TOBACCO;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 18744425546     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02067.x     Document Type: Article

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