Post-transcriptional gene silencing of chalcone synthase in transgenic petunias, cytosine methylation and epigenetic variation

Plant Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-42

  O'Dell, Michael ^a   Metzlaff, Michael ^a   Flavell, Richard B ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALCONE SYNTHASE; GENE SILENCING; METHYLATION; PROMOTER REGION; RNA DEGRADATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

PETUNIA;

EID: 0032962650     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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