Evaluation of two gene-silencing constructs for resistance to tomato yellow leaf curl viruses in Nicotiana benthamiana plants

Acta Virologica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 143-149

  Gharsallah Chouchane, S ^a   Gorsane, F ^a,b   Nakhla, M K ^c   Salus, M ^c   Martin, C T ^c   Maxwell, D P ^c   Marrakchi, M ^a   Fakhfakh, H ^a,b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b Struggle and Prevention   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agro infiltration; Begomoviruses; Coat protein gene; Gene silencing; Nicotiana benthamiana; Rep gene

Indexed keywords

COAT PROTEIN; HELICASE;

ARTICLE; BEGOMOVIRUS; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SILENCING; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT VIRUS; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; TOBACCO; TOMATO YELLOW LEAF CURL VIRUS; VIRUS RESISTANCE; VIRUS STRAIN;

AGRICULTURE; BEGOMOVIRUS; CAPSID PROTEINS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOBACCO; VIRAL PROTEINS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; TOMATO YELLOW LEAF CURL SARDINIA VIRUS; TOMATO YELLOW LEAF CURL VIRUS;

EID: 54249102381     PISSN: 0001723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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