High-efficiency silencing of a β-glucuronidase gene in rice is correlated with repetitive transgene structure but is independent of DNA methylation

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-82

  Wang, Ming Bo ^a   Waterhouse, Peter M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antisense; Direct repeat; DsRNA; Gene silencing; GUS; Inverted repeat

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE GENE; AZACITIDINE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE GENE; CALLUS CULTURE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INDUCED MUTATION; MESSENGER RNA; REPETITIVE DNA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RICE; TRANSGENE;

AZACITIDINE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, ANTISENSE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GLUCURONIDASE; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, PLANT; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0033905703     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006490331303     Document Type: Article

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