Conservation and divergence of microRNAs and their functions in Euphorbiaceous plants

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 981-995

  Zeng, Changying ^a,b   Wang, Wenquan ^a   Zheng, Yun ^c,e   Chen, Xin ^a   Bo, Weiping ^a,b   Song, Shun ^a,b   Zhang, Weixiong ^a,c,d   Peng, Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CASSAVA; EUPHORBIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; JATROPHA; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICINUS COMMUNIS; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA CLEAVAGE; CHEMISTRY; COLD; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEVEA; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SEEDLING;

EUPHORBIACEAE; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CASTOR BEAN; COLD TEMPERATURE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROUGHTS; EUPHORBIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HEVEA; JATROPHA; MANIHOT; MICRORNAS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDLING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77950360655     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp1035     Document Type: Article

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