Homology-dependent gene silencing in plants

Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-48

  Meyer, P ^a,b   Saedler, H ^c  

^a Max Delbruck Laboratorium der Max Planck Gesellschaft   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosuppression; DNA methylation; Gene silencing; Paramutation; Trans inactivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002695212     PISSN: 10402519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.47.1.23     Document Type: Article

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