Mosaic patterns of transgene expression in plants

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 249-260

  Marenkova, T V ^a   Loginova, D B ^a   Deineko, E V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ALLELE; CROSS BREEDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; HYBRID; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84858968754     PISSN: 10227954     EISSN: 16083369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1022795412030088     Document Type: Review

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