Differential roles of AC2 and AC4 of cassava geminiviruses in mediating synergism and suppression of posttranscriptional gene silencing

Journal of Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 9487-9498

  Vanitharani, Ramachandran ^a   Chellappan, Padmanabhan ^a   Pita, Justin S ^a   Fauquet, Claude M ^a  

^a DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CASSAVA; GEMINIVIRUS; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTOPLAST; RNA INTERFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

DNA, VIRAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GEMINIVIRIDAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENES, VIRAL; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MANIHOT; PLANT DISEASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTOPLASTS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; TOBACCO; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 4143105735     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.17.9487-9498.2004     Document Type: Article

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