Common functions for diverse small RNAs of land plants

Plant Cell

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1750-1769

  Axtell, Michael J ^a   Snyder, Jo Ann ^a   Bartel, David P ^b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RNA;

MOLECULAR FUNCTIONS; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRYOPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPODIUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS; SELAGINELLA; SELAGINELLA MOELLENDORFFII;

EID: 34547668337     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.107.051706     Document Type: Article

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