Viral virulence protein suppresses RNA silencing-mediated defense but upregulates the role of microRNA in host gene expression

Plant Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1302-1313

  Chen, Jun ^a   Li, Wan Xiang ^b   Xie, Daoxin ^a   Peng, Jin Rong ^a   Ding, Shou Wei ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; DISEASE CONTROL; GENES; PROTEINS; RNA;

PRECURSORS; VIRAL VIRULENCE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; EMBRYOPHYTA; TURNIP YELLOW MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 2442604466     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.018986     Document Type: Article

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