Characterization of oncogene-silenced transgenic plants: Implications for Agrobacterium biology and post-transcriptional gene silencing

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-65

  Escobar, M A ^a   Civerolo, E L ^b   Polito, V S ^a   Pinney, K A ^a   Dandekar, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0037233198     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1364-3703.2003.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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