Epigenetic silencing of a foreign gene in nuclear transformants of Chlamydomonas

Plant Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 925-945

  Cerutti, Heriberto ^a   Johnson, Anita M ^a   Gillham, Nicholas W ^a   Boynton, John E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 0031153996     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.9.6.925     Document Type: Article

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