Inheritance, expression, and silencing of a chitinase transgene in rice

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 371-378

  Chareonpornwattana, S ^a,b   Thara, K V ^a   Wang, L ^a   Muthukrishnan, S ^a   Datta, S K ^c   Panbangred, W ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Gene silencing; Hpt gene silencing; Rice; Transcriptional silencing

Indexed keywords

AZACITIDINE; CHITINASE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; INHERITANCE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLANT GENETICS; RICE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0032913363     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220051082     Document Type: Article

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