The generation of turnip crinkle virus-like particles in plants by the transient expression of wild-type and modified forms of its coat protein

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue DEC, 2015, Pages

  Saunders, Keith ^a   Lomonossoff, George P ^a  

^a NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium; Encapsidation; Fusion protein; Infiltration; Plant expression; Turnip crinkle virus; Virus like particles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954068287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.01138     Document Type: Article

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