VIGS--genomics goes functional.
Genome and EST sequencing projects generate a wealth of sequence information for agronomically and phylogenetically important plant species of which the majority is difficult to subject to functional genomics. Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) provides a powerful tool to enable gene functional analysis for species not amenable to stable genetic transformation. Recent approaches allow the use of VIGS as a high throughput method that will exploit the potential of genome and transcriptome projects further.
Becker
Annette
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University of Bremen, Germany, Evolutionary Developmental Genetics Group, 28359 Bremen, Germany. annette.becker@uni-bremen.de <annette.becker@uni-bremen.de>
Lange
Matthias
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D020868:Gene Silencing; D018745:Genome, Plant; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D010802:Phylogeny; D014780:Viruses / Q000235:genetics*