dsRNA silencing of an R2R3-MYB transcription factor affects flower cell shape in a Dendrobium hybrid

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lau, Su Ee ^a   Schwarzacher, Trude ^b   Othman, Rofina Yasmin ^a,c   Harikrishna, Jennifer Ann ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Cell morphogenesis; Epidermal cell; Gene silencing; RNA interference; RNA silencing

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL SHAPE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DENDROBIUM; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL SHAPE; DENDROBIUM; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84938788822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12870-015-0577-3     Document Type: Article

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