An SNF2 protein associated with nuclear RNA silencing and the spread of a silencing signal between cells in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1507-1521

  Smith, Lisa M ^a,c   Pontes, Olga ^b   Searle, Iain ^a   Yelina, Nataliya ^a   Yousafzai, Faridoon K ^a   Herr, Alan J ^a,d   Pikaard, Craig S ^b   Baulcombe, David C ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; PROTEINS; RNA;

CYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR RNA SILENCING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CELLS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; IVA;

EID: 34347382532     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.107.051540     Document Type: Article

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