Reduction in Carotenoid Levels in the Marine Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum by Artificial MicroRNAs Targeted Against the Endogenous Phytoene Synthase Gene

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-7

  Kaur, Simrat ^a   Spillane, Charles ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Artificial miRNA; Carotenoids; Phaeodactylum tricornutum; Phytoene synthase; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PIGMENTS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL MIRNA; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; CAROTENOIDS; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE GENES; STEM-LOOP STRUCTURES; UNTRANSFORMED CONTROL;

RNA;

CAROTENOID; DIATOM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; RNA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM;

CAROTENOID; MICRORNA; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; PRIMER DNA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIATOM; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAROTENOIDS; DIATOMS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; GERANYLGERANYL-DIPHOSPHATE GERANYLGERANYLTRANSFERASE; MICRORNAS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84921284031     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: 14362236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-014-9593-9     Document Type: Article

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