Arabidopsis epigenetics: When RNA meets chromatin

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 142-147

  Gendrel, Anne Valérie ^a   Colot, Vincent ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT SCIENCES PARIS SACLAY IPS2   (France)

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ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 14744269925     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2005.01.007     Document Type: Review

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