Recovery of Nicotiana benthamiana plants from a necrotic response induced by a nepovirus is associated with RNA silencing but not with reduced virus titer

Journal of Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 12285-12297

  Jovel, Juan ^a   Walker, Melanie ^a   Sanfaçon, Hélène ^a  

^a SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENE SILENCING; NEPOVIRUS; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NICOTIANA CLEVELANDII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RNA BINDING; TOBACCO; TOMATO BLACK RING VIRUS; TOMATO RINGSPOT VIRUS; TRANSGENE;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; NEPOVIRUS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STABILITY; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, VIRAL; TOBACCO;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; NEPOVIRUS; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NICOTIANA CLEVELANDII; TOMATO BLACK RING VIRUS; TOMATO RINGSPOT VIRUS;

EID: 36048965320     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01192-07     Document Type: Article

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