RNA silencing as a tool to uncover gene function and engineer novel traits in soybean

Breeding Science

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 468-479

  Kasai, Megumi ^a   Kanazawa, Akira ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epigenetic changes; Metabolic engineering; Post transcriptional gene silencing; RNA interference; Soybean (Glycine max); Transgene; Virus induced gene silencing

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84856794002     PISSN: 13447610     EISSN: 13473735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.61.468     Document Type: Review

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