pSAT RNA interference vectors: A modular series for multiple gene down-regulation in plants

Plant Physiology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1272-1281

  Dafny Yelin, Mery ^a   Chung, Sang Min ^b   Frankman, Ellen L ^c   Tzfira, Tzvi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^c Westhampton Beach High School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RNA;

BINARY PLASMIDS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; RNA INTERFERENCE (RNAI);

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

AGROBACTERIUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 37249055980     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.107.106062     Document Type: Article

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