MicroRNA maturation and action-the expanding roles of ARGONAUTEs

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 560-566

  Mallory, Allison C ^a   Elmayan, Taline ^a   Vaucheret, Hervé ^a  

^a INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; MICRORNA; VIRUS DNA; ZIPPY PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA, VIRAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICRORNAS; MODELS, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 51649111864     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2008.06.008     Document Type: Review

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