A chemical-regulated inducible RNAi system in plants

Plant Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 383-392

  Guo, Hui Shan ^a   Fei, Ji Feng ^a   Xie, Qi ^a   Chua, Nam Hai ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutive; Cre IoxP; DNA excision; dsRNA; Inducible; RNAi

Indexed keywords

GENES; PROBLEM SOLVING; RNA;

TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, PLANT; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA;

EID: 0038706305     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01723.x     Document Type: Article

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