Simultaneous suppression of multiple genes by single transgenes. Down-regulation of three unrelated lignin biosynthetic genes in tobacco

Plant Physiology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 844-853

  Abbott, James C ^a   Barakate, Abdellah ^a   Pinçon, Gaelle ^a   Legrand, Michel ^a   Lapierre, Catherine ^a   Mila, Isabelle ^a   Schuch, Wolfgang ^a   Halpin, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GENES; METABOLISM; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHIMERIC SILENCING;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CAFFEATE O METHYLTRANSFERASE; CAFFEATE O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CINNAMOYL COA REDUCTASE; CINNAMYL ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME; LIGNIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT STEM; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE; WOOD;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA, ANTISENSE; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIGNIN; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT STEMS; TOBACCO; TRANSGENES; WOOD;

EID: 0036006035     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.010698     Document Type: Article

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