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- Title
A similarity between viral defense and gene silencing in plants.
- Authors
Ratcliff, F; Harrison, B D; Baulcombe, D C
- Abstract
Gene silencing in plants, in which an endogenous gene is suppressed by introduction of a related transgene, has been used for crop improvement. Observations that viruses are potentially both initiators and targets of gene silencing suggested that this phenomenon may be related to natural defense against viruses. Supporting this idea, it was found that nepovirus infection of nontransgenic plants induces a resistance mechanism that is similar to transgene-induced gene silencing.
- Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 1997, Vol 276, Issue 5318, p1558
- ISSN
0036-8075
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1126/science.276.5318.1558