Tobacco rattle virus-based virus-induced gene silencing in Nicotiana benthamiana

Nature Protocols

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1549-1562

  Senthil Kumar, Muthappa ^a   Mysore, Kirankumar S ^b  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENOME RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INOCULATION; AGROBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CHLH GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NBPDS GENE; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NONHUMAN; PDS GENE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RNA SEQUENCE; TOBACCO RATTLE VIRUS; VIRUS INDUCED GENE SILENCING; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; TOBACCO; VIROLOGY;

GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VECTORS; PLANT VIRUSES; TOBACCO;

EID: 84902202148     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2014.092     Document Type: Article

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