Isolation and Characterization of Medicago truncatula U6 Promoters for the Construction of Small Hairpin RNA-Mediated Gene Silencing Vectors

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 581-593

  Kim, Goon Bo ^a   Nam, Young Woo ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gene silencing; Medicago truncatula; Short hairpin RNA; Transformed hairy root; U6 promoter

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; EUKARYOTA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

EID: 84877803697     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-012-0528-1     Document Type: Article

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