A visual reporter system for virus-induced gene silencing in tomato fruit based on anthocyanin accumulation

Plant Physiology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1122-1134

  Orzaez, Diego ^a   Medina, Aurora ^a   Torre, Sara ^a,c   Fernández Moreno, Josefina Patricia ^a   Rambla, José Luis ^a   Fernández del Carmen, Asun ^a   Butelli, Eugenio ^b   Martin, Cathie ^b   Granell, Antonio ^a  

^a Universitat Politècnica de València   (Spain)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRRHINUM; ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PETUNIA; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA; SOLANUM; TOBACCO RATTLE VIRUS;

EID: 67650160040     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.139006     Document Type: Article

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