Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS)

A novel method for the evaluation of virus-induced gene silencing efficiency

C. Li, Zhang, Z. C., Ghebremariam, K. M., Wang, L. H., Wu, L., and Liang, Y., A novel method for the evaluation of virus-induced gene silencing efficiency, vol. 13, pp. 9443-9452, 2014.

Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is an important tool for studying gene function. However, a number of factors highly restrict the application of VIGS, such as unstable efficiency and tissue-specific silencing. We developed a novel evaluation method for improving the applicability of VIGS vectors. In this method, 4 indexes were defined and utilized to evaluate VIGS efficiency by silencing the endogenous phytoene desaturase (PDS) gene with a tobacco rattle virus-based VIGS vector.

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