RNA silencing in plants

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-123

  Galun, Esra ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Arabidopsis; Co suppression; Nicotiana; Post transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS); Transcriptional gene silencing (TGS); Virus induced gene silencing (VIGS)

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; NICOTIANA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 18944396168     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/IVP2004619     Document Type: Review

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