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US Patent Number

7618815

Publication Date

11-17-2009

Abstract

The invention provides Bean pod mottle virus (BPMV) vectors useful for expression of heterologous proteins in plants such as soybean. The BPMV vectors are also useful for virus-induced gene silencing. The invention also provides methods for expressing a heterologous polypeptide in a plant such as soybean. The invention additionally provides methods for virus-induced gene silencing, particularly in a soybean plant, which can be used to determine the function of a gene of interest.

Assignees

University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY (US)

Application Number

11/370,175

Filing Date

03/08/20006

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