Post-transcriptional gene silencing of ACC synthase in tomato results from cytoplasmic RNA degradation

Plant Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1127-1137

  Lee, Kathleen Y ^a   Baden, Catherine ^a   Howie, William J ^a   Bedbrook, John ^a   Dunsmuir, Pamela ^a  

^a DNA Plant Technology Corporation   (United States)

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EID: 0031435407     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.12051127.x     Document Type: Article

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