Gene silencing of mannose 6-phosphate reductase in the parasitic weed Orobanche aegyptiaca through the production of homologous dsRNA sequences in the host plant

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 487-498

  Aly, Radi ^a   Cholakh, Hila ^a   Joel, Daniel M ^a   Leibman, Diana ^a   Steinitz, Benjamin ^a   Zelcer, Aaron ^a   Naglis, Anna ^a   Yarden, Oded ^b   Gal On, Amit ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

DsRNA; Mannitol; Mannose 6 phosphate reductase; Orobanche aegyptiaca; Orobanche spp.; Silencing; Transgenic tomato

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MANNOSE 6 PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; MANNOSE-6-PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OROBANCHE; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OROBANCHE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUGAR ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASES;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OROBANCHACEAE; OROBANCHE; OROBANCHE AEGYPTIACA;

EID: 67650517761     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2009.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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