The moss Physcomitrella patens: Methods and tools from cultivation to targeted analysis of gene function

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 6-8, 2013, Pages 553-564

  Strotbek, Christoph ^a   Krinninger, Stefan ^a   Frank, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene function analysis; Genetic engineering; Homologous recombination; Physcomitrella patens; Reverse genetics

Indexed keywords

DNA; MACROGOL; MICRORNA;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME SIZE; GREEN ALGA; LIFE CYCLE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEED PLANT; SPECIES CULTIVATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRYOPSIDA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, PLANT; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOME, PLANT; MICRORNAS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEEDS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84886871500     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.130189wf     Document Type: Article

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