Abstract
Virus infections induce an RNA-mediated defense that targets viral RNAs in a nucleotide sequence-specific manner in plants, commonly referred to as virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS). When the virus carries sequences of plant genes, it triggers virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) and results in the degradation of mRNA of endogenous homologous gene. VIGS has been shown to have great potential as a reverse-genetics tool for studying of gene functions in plants, and it has several advantages over other functional genomics approaches. Here, we describe VIGS of N gene in tobacco cv. Xanthi nc by ALSV vectors containing fragments of N gene from Nicotiana glutinosa.
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Li, C., Yoshikawa, N. (2015). Virus-Induced Gene Silencing of N Gene in Tobacco by Apple Latent Spherical Virus Vectors. In: Uyeda, I., Masuta, C. (eds) Plant Virology Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1236. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1743-3_17
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