Hypovirus papain-like protease p29 suppresses RNA silencing in the natural fungal host and in a heterologous plant system

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 896-904

  Segers, Gerrit C ^a,c   Van Wezel, Rene ^b,d   Zhang, Xuemei ^b,e   Hong, Yiguo ^b   Nuss, Donald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^d East Mailing Research   (United Kingdom)

^e Chengdu Institute of Biological Products   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CONFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA VIRUS; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIROLOGY;

ASCOMYCOTA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA VIRUSES; TOBACCO;

CRYPHONECTRIA HYPOVIRUS 1; CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; FUNGI; HYPOVIRUS; MYCOVIRUS; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA;

EID: 33745122233     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00373-05     Document Type: Article

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