8 Homology-dependent gene silencing and host defense in plants

Advances in Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue , 2002, Pages 235-275

  Matzke, Marjori A ^a   Aufsatz, Werner ^a   Kanno, Tatsuo ^a   Mette, M Florian ^a   Matzke, Antonius J M ^a  

^a Institute of Molecular Biology Salzburg   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA METHYLATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; MALE; MAMMAL; PLANT; PLANT VIRUS; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, PLANT; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; MALE; MAMMALS; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANT VIRUSES; PLANTS; RECEPTOR, IGF TYPE 2; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, PLANT;

EID: 0036366576     PISSN: 00652660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2660(02)46009-9     Document Type: Review

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