Local gene silencing in plants via synthetic dsRNA and carrier peptide

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1027-1034

  Numata, Keiji ^a   Ohtani, Misato ^a   Yoshizumi, Takeshi ^b   Demura, Taku ^a   Kodama, Yutaka ^c  

^a Elements Chemistry Laboratory   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

dsRNA; Fusion peptide; Gene carrier; Gene delivery; Intact plant; Local RNAi

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARABIDOPSIS; CYTOLOGY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED;

EID: 84925969952     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12208     Document Type: Article

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