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Improved foreign gene expression in plants using a virus-encoded suppressor of RNA silencing modified to be developmentally harmless.
Plant biotechnology journal - 1 Aug 2011
Saxena Pooja, Hsieh Yi-Cheng, Alvarado Veria Y, Sainsbury Frank, Saunders Keith, Lomonossoff George P, Scholthof Herman B
Abstract excerpt
Endeavours to obtain elevated and prolonged levels of foreign gene expression in plants are often hampered by the onset of RNA silencing that negatively affects target gene expression. Plant virus-encoded suppressors of RNA silencing are useful tools for counteracting silencing but their wide applicability in transgenic plants is limited because their expression often causes harmful developmental effects. We...
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