Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) as a reverse genetic tool to study development of symbiotic root nodules

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 720-727

  Constantin, G D ^a   Gronlund M ^a,c   Johansen, I E ^a   Stougaard, J ^a   Lund, O S ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

sym35; Symbiosis; Tobravirus

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE SILENCING; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PEA; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM; RNA VIRUS; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIROLOGY;

GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VECTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN FIXATION; PEAS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM; RNA VIRUSES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; PEA EARLY BROWNING VIRUS; PISUM SATIVUM; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. VICIAE; TOBRAVIRUS;

EID: 46449122447     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-21-6-0720     Document Type: Article

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