Biological chemistry of virus-encoded suppressors of RNA silencing: An overview

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 894, Issue , 2012, Pages 39-56

  Omarov, Rustem T ^a   Scholthof, Herman B ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Plant; RNA interference; RNA silencing; RNAi; Silencing suppressor; Virus

Indexed keywords

COAT PROTEIN; CYSTEINE RICH PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BARLEY STRIPE MOSAIC VIRUS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; CLOSTEROVIRUS; GEMINIVIRUS; GENE SILENCING; MOSAIC VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PECLUVIRUS P15; PLANT VIRUS; POLEROVIRUS; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; POTYVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STABILITY; TOBAMOVIRUS; TOMBUSVIRUS; TURNIP CRINKLE VIRUS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS ENCODED SUPRESSOR OF RNA SILENCING; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84934441469     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-882-5_3     Document Type: Review

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