Why do viruses need phloem for systemic invasion of plants?

Plant Science

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 355-363

  Vuorinen, Anssi L ^a   Kelloniemi, Jani ^a,b   Valkonen, Jari P T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Abscission zone; Luteovirus; Phloem; Potyvirus; RNA silencing; Virus resistance

Indexed keywords

MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHLOEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT CELL; PLANT LEAF; PLANT VIRUS; REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

MOVEMENT; PHLOEM; PLANT CELLS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT VIRUSES; PLANTS;

LUTEOVIRUS; POTYVIRUS;

EID: 80052336438     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.06.008     Document Type: Review

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