Title |
Artificial microRNA-mediated resistance against the monopartite begomovirus Cotton leaf curl Burewala virus
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Published in |
Virology Journal, July 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1743-422x-10-231 |
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Authors |
Irfan Ali, Imran Amin, Rob W Briddon, Shahid Mansoor |
Abstract |
Cotton leaf curl disease, caused by single-stranded DNA viruses of the genus Begomovirus (family Geminiviridae), is a major constraint to cotton cultivation across Pakistan and north-western India. At this time only cotton varieties with moderate tolerance are available to counter the disease. microRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of endogenous small RNA molecules that play an important role in plant development, signal transduction, and response to biotic and a biotic stress. Studies have shown that miRNAs can be engineered to alter their target specificity. Such artificial miRNAs (amiRNAs) have been shown to provide resistance against plant-infecting viruses. |
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