Highly specific gene silencing by artificial microRNAs in the unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: TECHNICAL ADVANCE

Plant Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 165-174

  Molnar, Attila ^a   Bassett, Andrew ^a   Thuenemann, Eva ^b   Schwach, Frank ^c   Karkare, Shantanu ^b   Ossowski, Stephan ^d   Weigel, Detlef ^d   Baulcombe, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial miRNA; Chlamydomonas; Functional genomics; Oligonucleotide cloning; RNA silencing

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MICRORNA; PLANT RNA; RNA PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PLANT GENE; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA STABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PLANT; MICRORNAS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA STABILITY; RNA, PLANT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 63349090914     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03767.x     Document Type: Article

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