RNA-DNA interactions and DNA methylation in post-transcriptional gene silencing

Plant Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2291-2301

  Jones, Louise ^a   Hamilton, Andrew J ^a   Voinnet, Olivier ^a   Thomas, Carole L ^a   Maule, Andrew J ^a   Baulcombe, David C ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INOCULATION; PLANT GENETICS; POTATO VIRUS X; POTATO VIRUS Y; PROMOTER REGION; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TRANSGENE; VIRUS RNA;

EID: 0033398983     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.12.2291     Document Type: Article

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