Article
Ambivalent effects of defective DNA in beet curly top virus-infected transgenic sugarbeet plants.
Virus research - 1 Jun 2011
Horn J, Lauster S, Krenz B, Kraus J, Frischmuth T, Jeske H
Abstract excerpt
Beet curly top virus (BCTV) limits sugarbeet production considerably. Previous studies have shown that infections are associated with the generation of defective DNAs (D-DNA) which may attenuate symptoms. Transgenic sugarbeet lines were established carrying a partial direct repeat construct of D-DNA in order to examine whether they are useful as a means of generating tolerance against BCTV. Thirty four...
Topics
- Beta vulgaris
- DNA, Viral
- Defective Viruses
- Geminiviridae
- Genotype
- Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques
- Plant Diseases
- Plants, Genetically Modified
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
