Functions of micrornas and related small a rnas in plants

Nature Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 6S, 2006, Pages S31-S36

  Mallory, Allison C ^a   Vaucheret, Hervé ^b  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; PLANT RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOGENESIS; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; HETEROCHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA CLEAVAGE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; MICRORNAS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; RNA, PLANT;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33745271035     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1791     Document Type: Article

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