Inverted repeat of a heterologous 3′-untranslated region for high-efficiency, high-throughput gene silencing

Plant Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 793-800

  Brummell, David A ^a,c   Balint Kurti, Peter J ^a,d   Harpster, Mark H ^a,e   Palys, Joseph M ^b   Oeller, Paul W ^a,f   Gutterson, Neal ^a,g  

^a DNA Plant Technology   (United States)

^b Seminis Vegetable Seeds   (United States)

^c THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^d Sygen International   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^f SYNGENTA BIOTECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^g Mendel Biotechnology   (United States)

Author keywords

Double stranded RNA; Gene silencing; Inverted repeat; nos; RNAi; siRNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CLONING; DNA; FRUITS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENE SILENCING;

GENES;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; ARABIDOPSIS; GENE SILENCING; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; POLYGALACTURONASE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0037297007     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01659.x     Document Type: Article

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