Epitope-tagged protein-based artificial miRNA screens for optimized gene silencing in plants

Nature Protocols

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 939-949

  Li, Jian Feng ^a,b   Zhang, Dandan ^a,b   Sheen, Jen ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE TAGGED PROTEIN BASED ARTIFICIAL MIRNA; MICRORNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EPITOPE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; ALFALFA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; AUBERGINE; BARLEY; BARREL MEDIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BRASSICA OLERACEA; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; GRAPE; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VIVO STUDY; MAIZE; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NONHUMAN; OAT; PAPAYA; PEANUT; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS; PLANT GENOME; POPULUS TREMULA; POTATO; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTOPLAST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAPESEED; RICE; SOYBEAN; SWEET ORANGE; TALL FESCUE; TOBACCO; TOMATO; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ARABIDOPSIS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; EPITOPES; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICRORNAS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PROTOPLASTS;

EID: 84897134958     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2014.061     Document Type: Article

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