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Title: Simultaneous knockdown of six non-family genes using a single synthetic RNAi fragment in Arabidopsis thaliana

Journal Article · · Plant Methods

Genetic engineering of plants that results in successful establishment of new biochemical or regulatory pathways requires stable introduction of one or more genes into the plant genome. It might also be necessary to down-regulate or turn off expression of endogenous genes in order to reduce activity of competing pathways. An established way to knockdown gene expression in plants is expressing a hairpin-(hp)-RNAi construct, eventually leading to degradation of a specifically targeted mRNA. Ultimately, knockdown of multiple genes that do not share homologous sequences is still challenging and involves either sophisticated cloning strategies to create vectors with different serial expression constructs or multiple transformation events that is often restricted by a lack of available transformation markers.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0008834; AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1618904
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1294077; OSTI ID: 1311232
Journal Information:
Plant Methods, Journal Name: Plant Methods Vol. 12 Journal Issue: 1; ISSN 1746-4811
Publisher:
Springer Science + Business MediaCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 12 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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