Fast-track applications: The potential for direct delivery of proteins and nucleic acids to plant cells for the discovery of gene function

Table 1 Applications of oligonucleotide and protein delivery into intact tissues.

Molecule	Application	Reference
ssDNA	Antisense gene silencing	[2]
dsRNA	Post-transcriptional gene silencing	[7]
Peptide nucleic acids	Inhibition of gene expression by chromosomal interactions	[8]
Proteins	Functional assays	[3]
	Sub-cellular localisation of tagged proteins

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