Non-coding RNAs in crop genetic modification: Considerations and predictable environmental risk assessments (ERA)

Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-100

  Ramesh, S V ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Biosafety; Environmental risk assessment (ERA); miRNA mimics; Non coding RNA (ncRNA)

Indexed keywords

BIOSAFETY; DETECTION AND TRACKING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; EXPRESSION OF HETEROLOGOUS PROTEINS; MIRNA MIMICS; NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING; NON-CODING RNA (NCRNA); SMALL INTERFERING RNA (SIRNA);

GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PROTEINS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

RNA;

MICRORNA; NUCLEIC ACID; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSFER RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

BENEFICIAL INSECT; COMPUTER MODEL; CROP PRODUCTION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DNA MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD SAFETY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; INTROGRESSION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NONTARGET ORGANISM; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUPPRESSOR GENE; TARGET ORGANISM; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC CROP; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 84882451719     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: 15590305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12033-013-9648-6     Document Type: Review

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