Improved silencing suppression and enhanced heterologous protein expression are achieved using an engineered viral helper component proteinase

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 687-692

  Haikonen, T ^a   Rajamaki M L ^a   Valkonen, J P T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agroinfiltration; Helper component proteinase; Potyvirus; RNA silencing; Transient protein expression

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HELPER COMPONENT PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SILENCING; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; POTATOS VIRUS A; POTYVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; VIRUS MUTATION; WILD TYPE;

AGROINFILTRATION; HELPER COMPONENT PROTEINASE; POTYVIRUS; RNA SILENCING; TRANSIENT PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MUTANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POTYVIRUS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOBACCO; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIROLOGY;

EID: 84883010051     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: 18790984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2013.07.054     Document Type: Article

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