Are small RNAs a big help to plants?

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 212-223

  Mao, YingBo ^a   Xue, XueYi ^a   Chen, XiaoYa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Plant protection; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; PLANT; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 63049124363     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: 18622798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-009-0034-3     Document Type: Review

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