Gene silencing and virus resistance based on defective interfering constructs in transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana is not linked to accumulation of siRNA

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 739-742

  Winterhagen, Patrick ^a   Dubois, Cornelia ^a   Sinn, Melanie ^a   Wetzel, Thierry ^a   Reustle, Götz M ^a  

^a AlPlanta Institute for Plant Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Defective interfering RNA; Gene silencing; GFLV; siRNA; Virus resistance

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; P19 PROTEIN, TOMATO BUSHY STUNT VIRUS; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; DEFECTIVE VIRUS; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOBACCO; TOMBUSVIRUS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

DEFECTIVE VIRUSES; GENE SILENCING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, VIRAL; TOBACCO; TOMBUSVIRUS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUSES;

AGROBACTERIUM; GRAPEVINE FANLEAF VIRUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; RHIZOBIUM; TOMATO BUSHY STUNT VIRUS;

EID: 67349186941     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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