An endogene-resembling transgene delays the onset of silencing and limits siRNA accumulation

FEBS Letters

Volumn 587, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 706-710

  Dadami, Elena ^a   Moser, Mirko ^c   Zwiebel, Michele ^a   Krczal, Gabi ^a   Wassenegger, Michael ^a,b   Dalakouras, Athanasios ^a  

^a AlPlanta Institute for Plant Research   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; GFP; Nicotiana benthamiana; RNA silencing; Small RNA

Indexed keywords

DNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; INTRON; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSGENE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TOBACCO; TRANSGENES;

NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA;

EID: 84875208782     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.01.045     Document Type: Article

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