Internuclear gene silencing in Phytophthora infestans

Molecular Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 339-348

  Van West, Pieter ^a,b   Kamoun, Sophien ^a,c   Van't Klooster, John W ^a   Govers, Francine ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANS ACTING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HETEROKARYON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0033106325     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80461-X     Document Type: Article

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