A Similarity Between Viral Defense and Gene Silencing in Plants
- 6 June 1997
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 276 (5318) , 1558-1560
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.276.5318.1558
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.Keywords
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