| Literature DB >> 11459066 |
P M Waterhouse1, M B Wang, T Lough.
Abstract
Gene silencing was perceived initially as an unpredictable and inconvenient side effect of introducing transgenes into plants. It now seems that it is the consequence of accidentally triggering the plant's adaptive defence mechanism against viruses and transposable elements. This recently discovered mechanism, although mechanistically different, has a number of parallels with the immune system of mammals.Mesh:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11459066 DOI: 10.1038/35081168
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nature ISSN: 0028-0836 Impact factor: 49.962