MicroRNAs in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) and their association with fusiform rust gall development

Plant Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1077-1098

  Lu, Shanfa ^a   Sun, Ying Hsuan ^a   Amerson, Henry ^a   Chiang, Vincent L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cronartium quercuum f. sp. fusiforme; Fusiform rust gall; microRNA; Non protein coding transcript; Pinus taeda L.; ta siRNA

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RNA; TISSUE;

FUSIFORM RUST GALL; MICRORNA; NON-PROTEIN CODING TRANSCRIPT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

MICRORNA;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; LOBLOLLY PINE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; XYLEM;

BASE SEQUENCE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PINUS TAEDA; PLANT DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; XYLEM;

CRONARTIUM QUERCUUM F. SP. FUSIFORME; FUNGI; PINUS TAEDA; UREDINALES;

EID: 34548491177     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03208.x     Document Type: Article

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