Gene silencing by RNA interference in the white rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 5359-5365

  Matityahu, Avi ^a,b   Hadar, Yitzhak ^b   Dosoretz, Carlos G ^c   Belinky, Paula A ^a,d  

^a MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; MANGANESE; OXYGEN; RNA;

CHRYSOSPORIUM; GENE SILENCING; PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM; RNA INTERFERENCE;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RNA;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHANEROCHAETE; PROTEIN CONTENT; RNA INTERFERENCE; WHITE ROT FUNGUS;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC VECTORS; PHANEROCHAETE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

FUNGI; PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM;

EID: 50949089410     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02433-07     Document Type: Article

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