Chapter 08

PDR approaches

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Virus groups and expression patterns

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Non, GM approaches to crop protection.

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Transgenic resistance

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Gene silencing

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Niu, Q.-W., Lin, S.-S., Reyes, J. L., Chen, K.-C., Wu, H.-W., Yeh, S.-D., and Chua, N.-H. (2006) Expression of artificial microRNAs in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana confers virus resistance. Nature Biotechnology 24, 1420-1428. [PubMed: 17057702] [DOI: 10.1038/nbt1255]

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DNA viruses

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Virus-resistance genes

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Risk

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Commercialization

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