Expression and assembly of Norwalk virus-like particles in plants using a viral RNA silencing suppressor gene

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 9021-9027

  Souza, Ana Cláudia ^a   Vasques, Raquel Medeiros ^a   Inoue Nagata, Alice Kazuko ^b   Lacorte, Cristiano ^c   Maldaner, Franciele Roberta ^a   Noronha, Eliane Ferreira ^a   Nagata, Tatsuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Binary vector; Norovirus capsid gene co expression; Post transcriptional gene silencing; PTGS suppressor gene; Virus like particle (VLP)

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTIVE STRATEGIES; BINARY VECTORS; CAPSID GENES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; PEPPER MILD MOTTLE VIRUS; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES;

PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VECTORS; VIRUSES;

GENE EXPRESSION;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HELPER COMPONENT PROTEINASE PROTEIN; PROTEIN 126K; PROTEIN AC2; PROTEIN P19; PROTEIN VP1; PROTEIN VP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

BIOACCUMULATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANT; PROTEIN; RNA; SUCROSE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS EXPRESSION SYSTEM; BEGOMOVIRUS; BRUGMANSIA SUAVEOLENS MOTTLE VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE CONSTRUCT; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPPER MILD MOTTLE VIRUS; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; POTYVIRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REPORTER GENE; SUPPRESSOR GENE; TOBAMOVIRUS; TOMATO BUSHY STUNT VIRUS; TOMATO SEVERE RUGOSE VIRUS; TOMBUSVIRUS; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS LIKE AGENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MIRIDAE; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NOROVIRUS; NORWALK VIRUS; PEPPER MILD MOTTLE VIRUS;

CAPSID PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, SUPPRESSOR; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; NORWALK VIRUS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TOBACCO; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84885386389     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5077-5     Document Type: Article

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