Silencing of the PiAvr3a effector-encoding gene from Phytophthora infestans by transcriptional fusion to a short interspersed element

Fungal Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1225-1233

  Vetukuri, Ramesh R ^a   Tian, Zhendong ^b,c   Avrova, Anna O ^b   Savenkov, Eugene I ^a   Dixelius, Christina ^a   Whisson, Stephen C ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gene silencing; Oomycete; Phytophthora infestans; PiAvr3a; SINE; Small RNA; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

AVR3A PROTEIN, PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PARASITIC DISEASE; POTATO; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; PLANT DISEASE; POTATO; REVERSE GENETICS; SHORT INTERSPERSED REPEAT; VIRULENCE;

GENE SILENCING; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; PLANT DISEASES; REVERSE GENETICS; SHORT INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 81955164819     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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