grafting the way to the systemic silencing signal in plants嫁接的系统性沉默信号在植物.pdfVIP

Open access, freely available online Journal Club Grafting the Way to the Systemic Silencing Signal in Plants Kriton Kalantidis rafting is an ancient technique For example, two important studies systems, much is now known about used by farmers and gardeners (Palauqui et al. 1997; Voinnet et al. the mechanisms involved (Matzke to combine desired attributes 1998) used grafting to demonstrate the 2002; Mlotshwa et al. 2002), but the G of the rootstock with those of the spreading of RNA silencing in plants. systemic spreading in plants is still a donor plant shoot, or scion. Grafting However, it was a subsequent paper essentially saved European wine (Crete et al. 2001) that followed up on Citation: Kalantidis K (2004) Grafting the way to the making: when the insect Dactylosphera certain inconsistencies in the grafting systemic silencing signal in plants. PLoS Biol 2(8): e224. vitifoliae devastated European grape- results that pointed to subtleties wine varieties over the course of the important for both experimental Copyright: © 2004 Kriton Kalantidis. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of late 1800s and early 1900s, the varieties design and understanding systemic the Creative Commons Attribution License, which were saved by grafting them onto signaling in plants.