Loss of sense transgene-induced post-transcriptional gene silencing by sequential introduction of the same transgene sequences in tobacco

FEBS Journal

Volumn 277, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1695-1703

  Hirai, Sayaka ^a   Takahashi, Kouta ^a   Abiko, Tomomi ^a   Kodama, Hiroaki ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

linolenic acid; Fatty acid desaturase; Post transcriptional gene silencing; RNA directed DNA methylation; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; MESSENGER RNA; OMEGA 3 ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EPIGENETICS; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENICS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA METHYLATION; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; GENE SILENCING; LINOLEIC ACID; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA REPLICASE; SULFITES; TOBACCO; TRANSGENES;

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77949631659     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07591.x     Document Type: Article

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