(Trans)gene silencing in plants: How many mechanisms?

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 51, Issue , 2000, Pages 167-194

  Fagard, M ^a   Vaucheret, H ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Methylation; RNA degradation; Transcription; Transgene; Virus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034485171     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.51.1.167     Document Type: Article

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