Virus Induced Gene Silencing
Key Facts
Abbreviation
VIGS
Pronunciation
/ˈvaɪrəs ˌɪnˈdust ʤin ˈsaɪlənsɪŋ/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Human Genome
Examples in Context
- This research focuses on cloning of AS genes from tomato and rice, and analyzing the its function in regulation of disease resistance employing virus-induced gene silencing ( VIGS ) and transgenic ( overexpressing and RNAi ) technique.
- How DNA and RNA viruses have silence plant gene expression were examined and the advantages and disadvantages of VIGS in determining gene function and the future trend of virus induced gene silencing were discussed.
- Virus-induced gene silencing ( VIGS ) is an efficient tool to study the functions of plant gene.
- VIRUS INDUCED GENE SILENCING & The Presumable Mechanism of Plant Resistance to Virus
- The Establishment of Virus Vector Induced Post Transcriptional Gene Silencing System and the Functional Analysis of rbcS gene in Tobacco, Nicotiana benthamiana