Arabidopsis HEN1: A genetic link between endogenous miRNA controlling development and siRNA controlling transgene silencing and virus resistance

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 843-848

  Boutet, Stéphanie ^a   Vazquez, Franck ^a,b   Liu, Jun ^c   Béclin, Christophe ^a,d   Fagard, Mathilde ^a   Gratias, Ariane ^a,e   Morel, Jean Benoit ^a,f   Crété, Patrice ^b   Chen, Xuemei ^c   Vaucheret, Hervé ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^f CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0037718347     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00293-8     Document Type: Article

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