miRNAs control gene expression in the single-cell alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Nature

Volumn 447, Issue 7148, 2007, Pages 1126-1129

  Molnár, Attila ^a   Schwach, Frank ^a,b   Studholme, David J ^a   Thuenemann, Eva C ^a   Baulcombe, David C ^a  

^a SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; RNA PRECURSOR; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ALGA; ENZYME; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; RNA;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HIGHER PLANT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; METAZOA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 34347355440     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05903     Document Type: Article

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