Epigenetic silencing in transgenic plants

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue September, 2015, Pages

  Rajeevkumar, Sarma ^a   Anunanthini, Pushpanathan ^b   Sathishkumar, Ramalingam ^b  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

^b BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Homology dependent gene silencing; Post transcriptional gene silencing; Systematic acquired silencing; Transcriptional gene silencing; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942932845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00693     Document Type: Review

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