RNA silencing and its suppression: Novel insights from in planta analyses

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 382-392

  Incarbone, Marco ^a   Dunoyer, Patrice ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA VIRUSES;

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; PLANT RNA;

DNA METHYLATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT VIRUS; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE;

DNA METHYLATION; PLANT VIRUSES; PLANTS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, PLANT;

EID: 84880782438     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2013.04.001     Document Type: Review

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