In:
Annual Review of Phytopathology, Annual Reviews, Vol. 56, No. 1 ( 2018-08-25), p. 405-426
Abstract:
A decade ago, the value of Nicotiana benthamiana as a tool for plant molecular biologists was beginning to be appreciated. Scientists were using it to study plant-microbe and protein-protein interactions, and it was the species of choice with which to activate plasmid-encoded viruses, screen for gene functions with virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS), and transiently express genes by leaf agroinfiltration. However, little information about the species’ origin, diversity, genetics, and genomics was available, and biologists were asking the question of whether N. benthamiana is a second fiddle or virtuoso. In this review, we look at the increased knowledge about the species and its applications over the past decade. Although N. benthamiana may still be the sidekick to Arabidopsis, it shines ever more brightly with realized and yet-to-be-exploited potential.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0066-4286
,
1545-2107
DOI:
10.1146/phyto.2018.56.issue-1
DOI:
10.1146/annurev-phyto-080417-050141
Language:
English
Publisher:
Annual Reviews
Publication Date:
2018
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1473792-9
SSG:
12
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