Engineering hypoviruses for fundamental and practical applications

dsRNA Genetic Elements: Concepts and Applications in Agriculture, Forestry, and Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 145-163

  Nuss, Donald L ^a   Chen, Baoshan ^b   Geletka, Lynn M ^a   Parsley, Todd B ^a   Suzuki, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420039122     Document Type: Chapter

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