Expression of RNA-interference/antisense transgenes by the cognate promoters of target genes is a better gene-silencing strategy to study gene functions in rice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Li, Jing ^a   Jiang, Dagang ^a   Zhou, Hai ^a   Li, Feng ^a   Yang, Jiawei ^a   Hong, Laifa ^a   Fu, Xiao ^a   Li, Zhibin ^a   Liu, Zhenlan ^a   Li, Jianming ^b   Zhuang, Chuxiong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN II; METALLOTHIONEIN IIB; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE KINASE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE KINASE 1; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE KINASE 2; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COGNATE PROMOTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PROGENY; PROMOTER REGION; RICE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; ORYZA SATIVA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, ANTISENSE; TRANSGENES;

EID: 79952296948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017444     Document Type: Article

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