Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi 110021, India.
Plant Physiol Biochem. 2009 Nov-Dec;47(11-12):967-76. doi: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2009.09.001. Epub 2009 Sep 10.
Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is a technology that exploits an antiviral defense mechanism in plants as a tool for plant reverse genetics. VIGS circumvents the need for plant transformation, is methodologically simple and yields rapid results. Various VIGS vectors have been developed and have helped to unravel the functions of genes involved in processes such as disease resistance, abiotic stress, cellular signaling and secondary metabolite biosynthesis.
病毒诱导的基因沉默（VIGS）是一种利用植物抗病毒防御机制作为植物反向遗传学工具的技术。VIGS 绕过了植物转化的需要，方法简单，结果迅速。已经开发了各种 VIGS 载体，有助于揭示参与疾病抗性、非生物胁迫、细胞信号转导和次生代谢物生物合成等过程的基因的功能。
