Gene silencing-based disease resistance

Transgenic Research

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 639-653

  Wassenegger, Michael ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Genomic imprinting; RNA interference; Transposon control; Virus resistance; X chromosome inactivation

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; PLANTS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 0042007590     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021130127700     Document Type: Review

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