A multisite gateway-based toolkit for targeted gene expression and hairpin RNA silencing in tomato fruits

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 298-309

  Estornell, Leandro Hueso ^a   Orzáez, Diego ^a   López Peña, Lucas ^a   Pineda, Benito ^a   Antón, María Teresa ^a   Moreno, Vicente ^a   Granell, Antonio ^a  

^a Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fruit promoter; Gateway; Hairpin RNA; Recombinant protein; Tomato

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA INTERFERENCE;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 62149126185     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2009.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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