Genetics of homology-dependent gene silencing in Arabidopsis; a role for methylation

Plant Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 791-804

  Davies, Gareth J ^a   Sheikh, Mazhar A ^a   Ratcliffe, Oliver J ^a,b   Coupland, George ^a,b   Furner, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031259883     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.12040791.x     Document Type: Article

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