Post-transcriptional silencing of a neomycin phosphotransferase II transgene correlates with the accumulation of unproductive RNAs and with increased cytosine methylation of 3' flanking regions

Plant Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 379-392

  Van Houdt, Helena ^a   Ingelbrecht, Ivan ^a,b   Van Montagu, Marc ^a   Depicker, Ann ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030840474     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.12020379.x     Document Type: Article

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