Local RNA Silencing Mediated by Agroinfiltration

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 744, Issue , 2011, Pages 97-108

  Helm, Jutta Maria ^a   Dadami, Elena ^a   Kalantidis, Kriton ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agroinfiltration; co infiltration; patch assay; PTGS; RNA silencing; RNAi; transient expression

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; RNA INTERFERENCE; TOBACCO;

DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, PLANT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PLANT LEAVES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TOBACCO;

EID: 79961164436     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-123-9_7     Document Type: Chapter

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