Phloem flow strongly influences the systemic spread of silencing in GFP Nicotiana benthamiana plants

Plant Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 383-394

  Tournier, Barthélémy ^a,b   Tabler, Martin ^a   Kalantidis, Kriton ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

GFP; Graft; Mobile signal; Phloem tracer; Phloem transport; Systemic silencing

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DEGRADATION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); PHOSPHATES; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; SENSORS;

GFP; GRAFT; MOBILE SIGNAL; PHLOEM TRACER; PHLOEM TRANSPORT; SYSTEMIC SILENCING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO;

PLANTS;

NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA;

EID: 33745837465     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02796.x     Document Type: Article

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