Nitrate reductase and nitrite reductase as targets to study gene silencing phenomena in transgenic plants

Euphytica

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-200

  Vaucheret, Hervé ^a   Palauqui, Jean Christophe ^a   Mourrain, Philippe ^a   Elmayan, Taline ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

gene silencing; nitrate reductase; nitrite reductase; tobacco; transgene

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030932652     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002996818918     Document Type: Article

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