Transient RNA silencing of scoulerine 9-O-methyltransferase expression by double stranded RNA in Coptis japonica protoplasts

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-70

  Dubouzet, Joseph Gogo ^a   Morishige, Takashi ^a   Fujii, Nanae ^a   An, Chung Il ^b   Fukusaki, Ei Ichiro ^b   Ifuku, Kentaro ^a   Sato, Fumihiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

RNA interference; RNA silencing; Scoulerine O methyltransferase; Transient RNAi

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RNA;

COPTIS ALKALOIDS; ENDOGENOUS BIOSYNTHETIC GENES; PROTOPLASTS; RNA SILENCING;

ENZYMES;

BERBERINE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYL L METHIONINE SCOULERINE 9 O METHYLTRANSFERASE; S-ADENOSYL-L-METHIONINE - SCOULERINE-9-O-METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; COPTIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOPLAST; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

BERBERINE; COPTIS; GENES, REPORTER; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PROTOPLASTS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED;

COPTIS JAPONICA; JAPONICA;

EID: 15144362185     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.69.63     Document Type: Article

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