A practical approach to the understanding and teaching of RNA silencing in plants

Electronic Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 178-190

  Bazzini, Ariel A ^a   Mongelli, Vanesa C ^a   Hopp, H Esteban ^b   Del Vas, Mariana ^c   Asurmendi, Sebastián ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Instituto de Biotecnologia   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Gene silencing; GFP; HC Pro; PDS; Protocols; PTGS; Teaching; Transgenic; Transient expression; TRV; VIGS

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENE REGULATION; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA SILENCING; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION;

RNA;

VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TEACHING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EUKARYOTA; SCYPHOZOA; TOBACCO RATTLE VIRUS;

EID: 34247636143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 07173458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2225/vol10-issue2-fulltext-11     Document Type: Article

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