Geminivirus VIGS of endogenous genes requires SGS2/SDE1 and SGS3 and defines a new branch in the genetic pathway for silencing in plants

Plant Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1004-1014

  Muangsan, Nooduan ^a,c   Beclin, Christophe ^b   Vaucheret, Herve ^b   Robertson, Dominique ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; DNA VIGS; Geminivirus; Gene silencing; RNA dependent RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DNA; GENES; RNA;

DNA VIRUS; VIRUS-INDUCED GENE SILENCING (VIGS);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; SGS2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SGS3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; VIRUS DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GEMINIVIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIROLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA, VIRAL; GEMINIVIRIDAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; MUTATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CABBAGE LEAF CURL VIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; EUKARYOTA; GEMINIVIRIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 2942708092     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02103.x     Document Type: Article

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