Tobacco rattle virus 16-kilodalton protein encodes a suppressor of RNA silencing that allows transient viral entry in meristems

Journal of Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 4064-4071

  Martín Hernández, Ana M ^a,c   Baulcombe, David C ^a,b  

^a SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN 16K; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SILENCING; HOST RESISTANCE; MERISTEM; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SILENCING; RNA VIRUS; SECONDARY INFECTION; TOBACCO RATTLE VIRUS; VIRUS ENTRY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOBACCO; VIROLOGY;

RNA VIRUSES; TOBACCO RATTLE VIRUS; TOMATO BUSHY STUNT VIRUS;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; MERISTEM; PLANT VIRUSES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA VIRUSES; RNA, VIRAL; TOBACCO; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS INTERNALIZATION;

EID: 41949139714     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02438-07     Document Type: Article

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