A systemic gene silencing method suitable for high throughput, reverse genetic analyses of gene function in fern gametophytes

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Rutherford, George ^a   Tanurdzic, Milos ^a   Hasebe, Mitsuyasu ^b   Banks, Jo Ann ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERATOPTERIS; CERATOPTERIS RICHARDII; EUKARYOTA; FILICOPHYTA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; FTSZ PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; PLASMID; PROCEDURES; PTERIDACEAE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REPRODUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOLISTICS; DNA, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENES, PLANT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PTERIDACEAE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTION; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 2942564439     PISSN: 14712229     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-4-6     Document Type: Article

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