Essential RNA-based technologies and their applications in plant functional genomics

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 106-123

  Teotia, Sachin ^a,b,c   Singh, Deepali ^b,c   Tang, Xiaoqing ^c   Tang, Guiliang ^a,c  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GAUTAM BUDDHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial microRNA (amiRNA); Artificial synthetic tasiRNA (atasiRNA syn tasiRNA); CRISPR Cas9; MicroRNA sponge (SP); Short tandem target mimic (STTM); Target mimic (TM)

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); GENES;

ARTIFICIAL MICRORNA; ARTIFICIAL/SYNTHETIC TASIRNA (ATASIRNA/SYN-TASIRNA); CRISPR/CAS9; MICRORNAS; SHORT TANDEM TARGET MIMIC (STTM);

RNA;

MICRORNA; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; PLANT RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; BINDING SITE; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; DOWN REGULATION; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA BASED TECHNOLOGY; RNA BINDING; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA EDITING; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; TECHNOLOGY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; GENOMICS; PLANT; PLANT GENE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENES, PLANT; GENOMICS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; RNA, PLANT;

EID: 84961216189     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.12.001     Document Type: Review

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