Gene Function Analysis by Artificial MicroRNAs in Physcomitrella patens

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 744, Issue , 2011, Pages 57-79

  Khraiwesh, Basel ^a,b   Fattash, Isam ^c   Arif, M Asif ^c   Frank, Wolfgang ^c  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial microRNA; gene knockdown; microRNA; Physcomitrella patens; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; SYNTHETIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BRYOPSIDA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOPLAST; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BRYOPSIDA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE ORDER; GENES, SYNTHETIC; MICRORNAS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOPLASTS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 79961145380     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-123-9_5     Document Type: Chapter

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