Transcriptional activation increases RNA silencing efficiency and stability in the fungus Mucor circinelloides

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-126

  Nicolás, Francisco E ^a   Torres Martínez, Santiago ^a   Ruiz Vázquez, Rosa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CrgA; Mucor circinelloides; RNA silencing; SiRNA

Indexed keywords

CRGA; GENETIC BACKGROUNDS; INDUCED TRANSCRIPTION; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; REPORTER GENE; RNA SILENCING; SIRNA; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATIONS; TRANSGENE;

MAINTAINABILITY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; RNA;

TRANSCRIPTION;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; PHYTOENE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN CRGA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; MUCORALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RNA STABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENE;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; LIGHT; MUCOR; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

FUNGI; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES;

EID: 67349252284     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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