Posttranscriptional gene silencing of gn1 in tobacco triggers accumulation of truncated gn1-derived RNA species

RNA

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1364-1373

  Litière, Katia ^a,c   Van Eldik, Gerben J ^a,b   Jacobs, John J M R ^b   Van Montagu, Marc ^a   Cornelissen, Marc ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Bayer Cropscience Belgium   (Belgium)

^c WELLCOME CRC INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1,3 glucanase; Cosuppression; Polyadenylation; PTGS; RLM RACE

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCANASE; RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; DNA, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PLANT; GLUCAN 1,3-BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, PLANT; TOBACCO;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0344549125     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355838299990799     Document Type: Article

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