Protocol: A highly sensitive RT-PCR method for detection and quantification of microRNAs

Plant Methods

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Varkonyi Gasic, Erika ^a   Wu, Rongmei ^a   Wood, Marion ^a   Walton, Eric F ^a   Hellens, Roger P ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

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EID: 38849140922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4811-3-12     Document Type: Article

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