A single amino acid mutation in the Plum pox virus helper component-proteinase gene abolishes both synergistic and RNA silencing suppression activities

Phytopathology

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 894-901

  González Jara, Pablo ^a   Atencio, Felix A ^a   Martínez García, Belén ^a   Barajas, Daniel ^a   Tenllado, Francisco ^a   Díaz Ruíz, José Ramón ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Posttranscriptional gene silencing

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; PLUM POX VIRUS; POTATO VIRUS X; POTYVIRUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 22744435149     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-95-0894     Document Type: Article

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