Small RNA manipulation in plants: Techniques and recent developments

Plant Small RNA: Biogenesis, Regulation and Application

Volumn , Issue , 2020, Pages 379-413

  Sabu, K K ^a   Nadiya, F ^a,b  

^a Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

amiRNA technology; Downregulation; Endogenous miRNA; Gene expression; Genetic manipulation; hpRNA transgene; RNA interference; RNA silencing; siRNA pathways; Virus induced gene silencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85089266934     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-817112-7.00018-3     Document Type: Chapter

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