Utilizing virus-induced gene silencing for the functional characterization of Maize genes during infection with the fungal pathogen Ustilago maydis

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 975, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-60

  Van Der Linde, Karina ^a   Doehlemann, Gunther ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brome mosaic virus (BMV); Plant pathogen interaction; Ustilago maydis; Virus induced gene silencing; Zea mays (maize)

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BROMOVIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; PLANT IMMUNITY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOBACCO; USTILAGO; VIROLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; BROMOVIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENES, PLANT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT IMMUNITY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, VIRAL; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTOME; USTILAGO; ZEA MAYS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880155991     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-278-0_4     Document Type: Article

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