Computational identification of novel microRNAs and targets in Brassica napus

FEBS Letters

Volumn 581, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1464-1474

  Xie, Fu Liang ^a   Huang, Si Qi ^a   Guo, Kai ^a   Xiang, An Ling ^a   Zhu, Yi Yong ^a   Nie, Li ^a   Yang, Zhi Min ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; MicroRNA; Prediction; Targets

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

APOPTOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPESEED; RICE; RNA ANALYSIS; STRESS;

BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICA NAPUS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SOFTWARE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 33947411951     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.02.074     Document Type: Article

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