Plant microRNA: A small regulatory molecule with big impact

Developmental Biology

Volumn 289, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-16

  Zhang, Baohong ^a   Pan, Xiaoping ^a   Cobb, George P ^a   Anderson, Todd A ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Environmental stress; Gene regulation; microRNA; Plant; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANGIOSPERM; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; MOSS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA ISOLATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION;

BRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 29144527030     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.10.036     Document Type: Review

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