The Advance of RNAi and its Application in Botany
Fang Hua-zhou · Inner Mongolia Agricultural Science and Technology · 2007
RNAi is one of the rapid developing techniques in genetic engineering in recent years,its theory and technique system is already formed.It is a highly efficient and specific gene knockout method to make target gene silencing,and it will bring a revolution in genomics and genetic engineering.This article introduced the discovery and development history of RNAi,explained the mechanism of RNAi and the characteristics of RNAi techniques,explored the strategy to transform the SiRNA to target cells,summarized its progress and application in botany,and the key meaning of RNAi research in botany.