Virus resistance and gene silencing: Killing the messenger

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 452-457

  Waterhouse, Peter M ^a   Smith, Neil A ^a   Wang, Ming Bo ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE TARGETING; TRANSGENE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0032729310     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(99)01493-4     Document Type: Review

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