Potato virus X Amplicons in Arabidopsis mediate genetic and epigenetic gene silencing

Plant Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 369-379

  Dalmay, Tamas ^a   Hamilton, Andrew ^a   Mueller, Elisabeth ^a,b   Baulcombe, David C ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Arable Crops Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; METHYLATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; POTATO VIRUS X; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TRANSGENE; VIRUS GENOME;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; EMBRYOPHYTA; POTATO VIRUS X; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TURNIP MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 0034103861     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.12.3.369     Document Type: Article

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