Fruit improvement using intragenesis and artificial microRNA

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 80-88

  Molesini, Barbara ^a   Pii, Youry ^a   Pandolfini, Tiziana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; FRUIT PHENOTYPE; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ELEMENTS; GENOMIC INFORMATION; IN-VITRO; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; REGULATORY ELEMENTS; TRANS-GENES;

CROPS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

FRUITS;

MICRORNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

CISGENESIS; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INTRAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TRANSGENICS;

FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICRORNAS;

EID: 84856121226     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2011.07.005     Document Type: Review

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