Down-regulation of gene expression by RNA-induced gene silencing

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 478, Issue , 2009, Pages 185-199

  Travella, Silvia ^a   Keller, Beat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

dsRNA; Gene silencing; hairpinRNA; RNA interference; Virus induced gene silencing

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOENE DEHYDROGENASE; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; INVERTED REPEAT; METABOLISM; MOSAIC VIRUS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; PLASMID; POACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WHEAT;

DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; HORDEUM; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; MOSAIC VIRUSES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; POACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; TRITICUM;

EID: 58149252373     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-379-0_12     Document Type: Article

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