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Virus-induced silencing of a plant cellulose synthase gene.
The Plant cell - 1 May 2000
Burton R A, Gibeaut D M, Bacic A, Findlay K, Roberts K, Hamilton A, Baulcombe D C, Fincher G B
Abstract excerpt
Specific cDNA fragments corresponding to putative cellulose synthase genes (CesA) were inserted into potato virus X vectors for functional analysis in Nicotiana benthamiana by using virus-induced gene silencing. Plants infected with one group of cDNAs had much shorter internode lengths, small leaves, and a "dwarf" phenotype. Consistent with a loss of cell wall cellulose, abnormally large and in many cases...
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