Potato Virus X-Based microRNA Silencing (VbMS) In Potato.Jinping Zhao 1, Carlos Garcia Rios 1, Junqi Song 1,2
1Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Dallas, Texas A&M University System, 2Department of Plant Pathology, Microbiology, Texas A&M University
We present a detailed protocol for potato virus X (PVX)-based microRNA silencing (VbMS) system to functionally characterize endogenous microRNAs (miRNAs) in potato. Target mimic (TM) molecules of miRNA of interest are integrated into the PVX vector and transiently expressed in potato to silence the target miRNA or miRNA family.