Distinct patterns of pigment suppression are produced by allelic sense and antisense chalcone synthase transgenes in petunia flowers

Plant Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 401-409

  Que, Qiudeng ^a   Wang, Huai Yu ^a   Jorgensen, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0031931971     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00038.x     Document Type: Article

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