DNA interference: A simple and efficient gene-silencing system for high-throughput functional analysis in the fern Adiantum

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1648-1657

  Kawai Toyooka, Hiroko ^a   Kuramoto, Chihiro ^a   Orui, Kyoko ^a,c   Motoyama, Kentaro ^a   Kikuchi, Kazuhiro ^b   Kanegae, Takeshi ^a   Wada, Masamitsu ^a,b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adiantum capillus veneris; DNAi; dsDNA; Fern; Gene silencing; RNAi

Indexed keywords

ADIANTUM; ADIANTUM CAPILLUS-VENERIS; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; EUKARYOTA; FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 11144317945     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pch186     Document Type: Article

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