Systemic spread of sequence-specific transgene RNA degradation in plants is initiated by localized introduction of ectopic promoterless DNA

Cell

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-187

  Voinnet, Olivier ^a   Vain, Philippe ^a   Angell, Susan ^a   Baulcombe, David C ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RNA DEGRADATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILENCER GENE; TRANSGENE; TRANSPOSON;

NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA;

EID: 0032538348     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81749-3     Document Type: Article

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