A simple, efficient and robust way to synchronize the delivery of multiple viral components to plant cells via Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression is described. This approach is amenable for studying replication, encapsidation followed by in vitro reassembly of non-viral components into genome depleted optical viral ghosts suitable for biomedical applications.
Chaturvedi, S., Jung, B., Gupta, S., Anvari, B., Rao, A. Simple and Robust in vivo and in vitro Approach for Studying Virus Assembly. J. Vis. Exp. (61), e3645, doi:10.3791/3645 (2012).