Expression of artificial microRNAs in tomato confers efficient and stable virus resistance in a cell-autonomous manner

Transgenic Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 569-581

  Zhang, Xiaohui ^a   Li, Hanxia ^a   Zhang, Junhong ^a   Zhang, Chanjuan ^a   Gong, Pengjuan ^a   Ziaf, Khurram ^a   Xiao, Fangming ^b   Ye, Zhibiao ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti virus; Artificial miRNA; Cell autonomous; Cucumber mosaic virus; Mixed infection; Tomato

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MOSAIC VIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIROLOGY;

CUCUMOVIRUS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MICRORNAS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, VIRAL; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TOMATO YELLOW LEAF CURL VIRUS;

EID: 79955834482     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-010-9440-3     Document Type: Article

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