RNA Silencing in Angiosperm Plants I: Externally Induced Silencing

The following sections are included:

• Silencing of Plant Genes

  • Early studies: 1990 to 1998

  • Following the awareness of the role of dsRNA in gene silencing

• Movement of the Silencing Signals in Plants

• Development of Efficient RNA Silencing Techniques

• RNA Silencing for Crop Improvement

  • Decaffeinated coffee beans

  • Improvement of grain proteins

  • Changing the composition of oils in cottonseed

• Viral Suppressors of RNA Silencing

  • The awareness of viral suppressors

  • Silencing stages suppressed by HC-Pro and by other viral suppressors

  • Approaches to identify suppressors of RNA silencing

  • The mechanisms of suppression

  • The tombusvirus suppressor P19

  • The biochemistry and molecular structure of other viral suppressors of RNA silencing

  • A viral suppressor of RNA silencing may confer enhanced resistance to pathogens