AGO2: A new Argonaute compromising plant virus accumulation

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 2, Issue JAN, 2012, Pages

  Alvarado, Veria Y ^a   Scholthof, Herman B ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argonaute; Movement; Plant; RNA silencing; Suppressor; Virus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868332693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2011.00112     Document Type: Review

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