Silencing of HMW glutenins in transgenic wheat expressing extra HMW subunits

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 319-327

  Alvarez, M L ^a   Guelman, S ^a   Halford, N G ^b   Lustig, S ^a   Reggiardo, M I ^a   Ryabushkina, N ^a,c   Shewry, P ^b   Stein, J ^a   Vallejos, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF IONOSPHERE   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Bread making quality; Gene silencing; HMW glutenins; Transgenic wheat

Indexed keywords

GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GLUTENIN; SDS POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

EID: 0033953241     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220050042     Document Type: Article

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