Plant RNA Interference Pathways: Diversity in Function, Similarity in Action

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 493-506

  Pattanayak, Debasis ^a   Solanke, Amolkumar U ^a   Kumar, P Ananda ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

miRNA; PTGS; RdDM; RNAi; siRNA; ta siRNA; TGS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877839375     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-012-0520-9     Document Type: Review

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