Post-transcriptional silencing of chalcone synthase in Petunia using a geminivirus-based episomal vector

Plant Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 593-604

  Atkinson, Ross G ^a   Bieleski, Lara R F ^a   Gleave, Andrew P ^a   Janssen, Bart Jan ^a   Morris, Bret A M ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; CLONING; DNA REPLICON; GEMINIVIRUS; MEIOSIS; MESSENGER RNA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENETICS; TOBACCO YELLOW DWARF VIRUS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

PETUNIA HYBRIDA;

EID: 0031783517     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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