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Viral vector-based transient gene expression in Nicotiana benthamiana: effects of light source on leaf temperature and hemagglutinin content

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Acknowledgements

We thank Shoko Miyagi and Haruko Maeyama for their technical assistance and Drs. Naomichi Fujiuchi and Nobuyuki Matoba for providing invaluable suggestions. The magnICON vector was provided by Icon Genetics GmbH. The pNM216 and N. benthamiana seeds were provided by Kentucky BioProcessing, Inc. This work was financially supported in part by Science and Technology Research Promotion Program for Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, and Food Industry (Grant Number 25025A) and by JSPS KAKENHI (Grant Number JP26712021) to RM.

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  1. Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan

    Ryo Matsuda & Kazuhiro Fujiwara

  2. Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan

    Tomoyuki Abe

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Matsuda, R., Abe, T. & Fujiwara, K. Viral vector-based transient gene expression in Nicotiana benthamiana: effects of light source on leaf temperature and hemagglutinin content. Plant Cell Rep 36, 1667–1669 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-017-2164-6

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