Suppress to Survive—Implication of Plant Viruses in PTGS

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 335-346

  Wieczorek, Przemysław ^a   Obrępalska Stęplowska, Aleksandra ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Counter defense proteins; Plant defense; Plant viruses; Post transcriptional gene silencing; Suppressors of PTGS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938689250     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-014-0755-8     Document Type: Review

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