Enhanced Transgene Expression in Sugarcane by Co-Expression of Virus-Encoded RNA Silencing Suppressors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Gao, San Ji ^a   Damaj, Mona B ^b   Park, Jong Won ^b   Beyene, Getu ^c   Buenrostro Nava, Marco T ^d   Molina, Joe ^b   Wang, Xiaofeng ^e   Ciomperlik, Jessica J ^f   Manabayeva, Shuga A ^g   Alvarado, Veria Y ^f   Rathore, Keerti S ^f   Scholthof, Herman B ^f   Mirkov, T Erik ^b  

^a FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; BARLEY STRIPE MOSAIC VIRUS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDERMIS CELL; EYFP GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GUS GENE; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NONHUMAN; ONION; P19 GENE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CELL; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT VIRUS; POLYPLOIDY; PROTOPLAST; REPORTER GENE; SUGARCANE; SUPPRESSOR GENE; TOMATO BUSHY STUNT VIRUS; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GENES, SUPPRESSOR; GENES, VIRAL; GLUCURONIDASE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOSAIC VIRUSES; ONIONS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; SACCHARUM; TOBACCO; TOMBUSVIRUS; TRANSGENES;

ALLIUM CEPA; BARLEY STRIPE MOSAIC VIRUS; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; TOMATO BUSHY STUNT VIRUS;

EID: 84879157185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066046     Document Type: Article

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