Developmentally regulated silencing and reactivation of tobacco chitinase transgene expression

Plant Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 437-450

  Kunz, Christian ^a   Schöb, Hanspeter ^a   Stam, Maike ^b   Kooter, Jan M ^b   Meins Jr , Frederick ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA SYLVESTRIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0030470302     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1996.10030437.x     Document Type: Article

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