Gene silencing: Plants and viruses fight it out

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages R79-

  Smyth, David R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0033545388     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80060-8     Document Type: Note

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