RNA silencing manifested as visibly altered phenotypes in plants

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 423-435

  Kanazawa, Akira ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endogenous reporter gene; RNA interference; RNA silencing; Virus induced gene silencing

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; PETUNIA;

EID: 56449095145     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.25.423     Document Type: Review

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