Two chloroplastic viroids induce the accumulation of small RNAs associated with posttranscriptional gene silencing

Journal of Virology

Volumn 76, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 13094-13096

  Martinez de Alba, A E ^a   Flores, R ^a   Hernandez C ^a  

^a Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PLANT VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPLASTS; PLANTS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, VIRAL; VIROIDS;

EID: 0036892510     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.76.24.13094-13096.2002     Document Type: Article

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