The role of chromatin remodeling in transgene silencing and plant development

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-36

  Meyer, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatin remodeling; Chromatin structure; Gene silencing; Position effect variegation; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0032989790     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-999-0006-0     Document Type: Article

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