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Direct defences
Nicotine
Proteinase inhibitors
Tobacco rattle virus
Virus-induced gene silencing.
Wound-induced changes
Nitrogen-limited growth
Manduca-sexta
Acid pools
Sylvestris
Tobacco
Expression
Plants
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Accumulation.
Plant Sciences in Current Contents(R)/Agricultural, Biology &
Environmental Sciences. Animal & Plant Sciences in Current
Contents(R)/Life Sciences.
Abstract:
Research into the molecular basis of plant-insect interactions is hampered by the inability to alter the expression of individual genes in plants growing under natural conditions. The ability of virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) to silence the express