GENETIC METHOD FOR PRODUCING VIRUS RESISTANT ORGANISMS

摘要

The present invention relates to a method of producing a host organism which is resistant to infection by a virus comprising stably incorporating into the genome of said host a DNA sequence encoding a non-viral protein characterized in that said protein has the ability to bind to ssRNA from said virus to form a non-translatable RNA-protein complex. The host organism is preferably a plant. The invention further relates to transgenic plants and plant cells having stably incorporated into its genome a DNA sequence encoding a non-viral protein having the ability to bind to ssRNA from said virus to form a non-translatable RNA-protein complex and to DNA sequences and constructs for use in the method.