Elucidation of the functions of genes central to diterpene metabolism in tobacco trichomes using posttranscriptional gene silencing

Planta

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 686-691

  Wang, Erming ^a   Wagner, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Double stranded RNA; Nicotiana tabacum L.; Posttranscriptional gene silencing; RNA interference; Transgene induced silencing; Trichome

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; METABOLISM; RNA;

GENE SILENCING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CYTOCHROME P450; DITERPENE; MESSENGER RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RNA INTERFERENCE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TOBACCO;

CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DITERPENES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; TOBACCO;

EID: 0038654252     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-002-0904-4     Document Type: Article

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