RNA interference, transposons, and the centromere

Plant Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 297-301

  Dawe, R Kelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0037330273     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.150230     Document Type: Editorial

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