Transgene silencing in grapevines transformed with GFLV resistance genes: Analysis of variable expression of transgene, siRNAs production and cytosine methylation

Transgenic Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-27

  Gambino, Giorgio ^a   Perrone, Irene ^b   Carra, Andrea ^b   Chitarra, Walter ^a,b   Boccacci, Paolo ^a   Marinoni, Daniela Torello ^b   Barberis, Marco ^d   Maghuly, Fatemeh ^c   Laimer, Margit ^c   Gribaudo, Ivana ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d AOU San Giovanni Battista   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bisulphite genomic sequencing; Coat protein; DNA methylation; Transgene expression stability; Vitis

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GRAPE; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT VIRUS; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIROLOGY;

CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA-CYTOSINE METHYLASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNITY, INNATE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT VIRUSES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES; VITIS;

GRAPEVINE FANLEAF VIRUS; VITACEAE; VITIS;

EID: 73949098622     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-009-9289-5     Document Type: Article

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