Systemic RNA Silencing

Plasmodesmata

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 212-240

  Heinlein, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dicer like (DCL) enzymes; Eukaryotes; Genetic regulation; Methylation; RNA silencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149158794     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470988572.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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