RDR1 and SGS3, components of RNA-mediated gene silencing, are required for the regulation of cuticular wax biosynthesis in developing inflorescence stems of arabidopsis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1385-1395

  Lam, Patricia ^a   Zhao, Lifang ^a   McFarlane, Heather E ^a   Aiga, Mytyl ^a   Lam, Vivian ^a   Hooker, Tanya S ^a   Kunst, Ljerka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84864713293     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.199646     Document Type: Article

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