Transgenic down-regulation of ARGONAUTE2 expression in Nicotiana benthamiana interferes with several layers of antiviral defenses

Virology

Volumn 486, Issue , 2015, Pages 209-218

  Odokonyero, Denis ^a   Mendoza, Maria R ^a   Alvarado, Veria Y ^a,c   Zhang, Jiantao ^b,d   Wang, Xiaofeng ^b,d   Scholthof, Herman B ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Stoller Enterprises   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AGO; N. benthamiana; Plant virus; Reduction pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; COAT PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN P19; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FOXTAIL MOSAIC VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT LEAF; POTATO VIRUS X; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; TOMATO BUSHY STUNT VIRUS; TOMBUSVIRUS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRUS VIRULENCE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; POTEXVIRUS; TOBACCO; VIROLOGY;

ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POTEXVIRUS; TOBACCO; TOMBUSVIRUS;

EID: 84943617578     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2015.09.008     Document Type: Article

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