Post-transcriptional gene silencing in plants: a double-edged sword

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 271-276

  Zhang, Xinyan ^a,b   Zhu, Ying ^a   Wu, Huihui ^a   Guo, Hongwei ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coding transcript derived siRNA; post transcriptional gene silencing; RNA decay; short interference RNA

Indexed keywords

PLANT RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STABILITY;

CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; PLANTS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STABILITY; RNA, PLANT; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84959511026     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-015-4972-7     Document Type: Review

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