RNA interference in Agrobacterium rhizogenes-transformed roots of Arabidopsis and Medicago truncatula

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 399, 2004, Pages 983-992

  Limpens, Erik ^a   Ramos, Javier ^a   Franken, Carolien ^a   Raz, Vered ^a   Compaan, Bert ^a   Franssen, Henk ^a   Bisseling, Ton ^a   Geurts, René ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

A. rhizogenes; Arabidopsis; Medicago truncatula; RNAi; Roots; Silencing; Systemic spreading

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA;

CHIMAERIC ROOTS; GENETIC TOOLS; RNA INTERFERENCE (RNAI);

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; MEDICAGO; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RHIZOBIUM; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE SILENCING; MEDICAGO; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RHIZOBIUM; RNA INTERFERENCE;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 2442552928     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh122     Document Type: Article

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