Production and transport of the silencing signal in transgenic and virus-infected plant systems

Plant Cell Monographs

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 127-157

  Hohn, Thomas ^a   Akbergenov, Rashid ^a   Pooggin, Mikhail M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 33947572356     PISSN: 18611370     EISSN: 18611362     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7089_2006_103     Document Type: Review

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