Abstract
As part of a project to construct virus-resistant transgenic grapevines, grapevine virus A (GVA) coat protein (CP) sequences were introduced into grapevine and the model plant Nicotiana benthamiana. The engineered constructs were tested for their ability to engender resistance in N. benthamiana. A number of GVA-CP-transformed N. benthamiana lines have become resistant to GVA. Preliminary biological and molecular analyses strongly suggest that in most cases the obtained resistance is RNA-mediated. Several lines of transgenic grapevine were obtained.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 79-86 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Phytoparasitica |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2000 |
Keywords
- Coat protein
- Grapevine
- Transgenic plants
- Virus resistance
- Vitivirus