Sequences throughout the basic β-1,3-glucanase mRNA coding region are targets for homology dependent post-transcriptional gene silencing

Plant Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-152

  Jacobs, John J M R ^a   Sanders, Matthew ^a   Bots, Marc ^d   Andriessen, Marco ^a   Van Eldik, Gerben J ^a   Litière, Katia ^b,c   Van Montagu, Marc ^b   Cornelissen, Marc ^a  

^a Bayer Cropscience Belgium   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c WELLCOME CRC INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCANASE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT GENETICS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSGENICS;

EID: 0032749181     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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