Small RNAs going the distance during plant development

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-45

  Chuck, George ^a,b   O'Connor, Devin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERM CELLS, PLANT; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 74549214340     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2009.08.006     Document Type: Review

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