A novel vector for efficient gene silencing in plants

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-153

  Schattat, Martin Hartmut ^a   Klösgen, Ralf Bernd ^a   Marques, João Pedro ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Green fluorescent protein; Posttranscriptional gene silencing; RNA interference; Vector

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 18944394724     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 07359640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02772721     Document Type: Article

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