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Transmitting Plant Viruses Using Whiteflies
Published on: November 8, 2013
How to convert host plants into nonhosts
Hazel McLellan1, Petra C Boevink2, Paul R J Birch3
1Division of Plant Science, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, @James Hutton Institute, Errol Road, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, UK.
Abstract:
Recent research demonstrates that undermining interactions between pathogen effectors and their host target proteins can reduce infection. As more effector-target pairs are identified, their structures and interaction surfaces exposed, and there is the possibility of making multiple edits to diverse plant genomes, the desire to convert crops to nonhosts could become reality.
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