Post-transcriptional silencing of chalcone synthase in petunia by inverted transgene repeats

Plant Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-82

  Stam, Maike ^a   De Bruin, Rob ^a   Kenter, Susan ^a   Van der Hoorn, Renier A L ^a   Van Blokland, Rik ^a,b   Mol, Joseph N M ^a   Kooter, Jan M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COROLLA; PETUNIA;

EID: 0030846433     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.12010063.x     Document Type: Article

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