Two classes of small antisense RNAs in fungal RNA silencing triggered by non-integrative transgenes

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 3983-3991

  Nicolás, Francisco E ^a   Torres Martínez, Santiago ^a   Ruiz Vázquez, Rosa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; Post transcriptional gene silencing; Small interfering RNA; Spreading of RNA targeting; Transgene induced RNA silencing

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; FUNGAL RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE; WILD TYPE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; MUCOR; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, FUNGAL;

FUNGI; MUCOR; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES;

EID: 0043026837     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg384     Document Type: Article

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