Expression of artificial microRNAs in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana confers virus resistance

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1420-1428

  Niu, Qi Wen ^a   Lin, Shih Shun ^a   Reyes, Jose Luis ^a,c   Chen, Kuan Chun ^a,b   Wu, Hui Wen ^a   Yeh, Shyi Dong ^b   Chua, Nam Hai ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DIMERS; ONCOGENIC VIRUSES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; VIRUSES;

ARTIFICIAL MICRO RNA; GENE SILENCING; SEQUENCE COMPLEMENTARY REGION; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

RNA;

MICRORNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MICRORNAS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TYMOVIRUS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; TURNIP MOSAIC VIRUS; TURNIP YELLOW MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 33750853059     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1255     Document Type: Article

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