Paramutation and transgene silencing: A common response to invasive DNA?

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 382-388

  Matzke, Marjori A ^a   Matzke, Antonius J M ^a   Eggleston, William B ^b  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030292148     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1360-1385(96)10039-X     Document Type: Review

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