A species of small antisense RNA in posttranscriptional gene silencing in plants

Science

Volumn 286, Issue 5441, 1999, Pages 950-952

  Hamilton, Andrew J ^a   Baulcombe, David C ^a  

^a SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA REPLICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; POTEXVIRUS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; RNA, VIRAL; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033615491     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5441.950     Document Type: Article

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