A natural antisense transcript of the Petunia hybrida Sho gene suggests a role for an antisense mechanism in cytokinin regulation

Plant Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1131-1139

  Zubko, Elena ^a   Meyer, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokinin; Natural antisense transcript; Petunia hybrida; Plant hormone; RNA turnover; Small RNA

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA; TISSUE;

CYTOKININS; NATURAL ANTISENSE TRANSCRIPTS; PETUNIA HYBRIDA; PLANT HORMONES; RNA TURNOVER; SMALL RNA;

GENE EXPRESSION;

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; CYTOKININ; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PETUNIA; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA STABILITY; SEEDLING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CYTOKININS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PETUNIA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA STABILITY; RNA, ANTISENSE; SEEDLING;

PETUNIA; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA;

EID: 36849089069     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03309.x     Document Type: Article

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