Cell-autonomous-like silencing of GFP-partitioned transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 4271-4283

  Sohn, Seong Han ^a   Frost, Jennifer ^b   Kim, Yoon Hee ^a   Choi, Seung Kook ^a   Lee, Yi ^c   Seo, Mi Suk ^a   Lim, Sun Hyung ^a   Choi, Yeonhee ^d   Kim, Kook Hyung ^d   Lomonossoff, George ^e  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

^c Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cell autonomous like silencing; GFP partitioned silencing; Nicotiana benthamiana; post transcriptional gene silencing; systemic silencing

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PHENOTYPE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TOBACCO; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84905161130     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru200     Document Type: Article

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