Through a generation darkly: Small RNAs in the gametophyte

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 617-621

  Grant Downton, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gametophyte; MicroRNA (miRNA); Short interfering RNA (siRNA); Small RNA; Trans acting short interfering RNA (ta siRNA)

Indexed keywords

ARF PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE 1 PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE 10 PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SMALL RNA; TRANS ACTING SHORT INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ANGIOSPERM; ARABIDOPSIS; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE GAMETOPHYTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE GAMETOPHYTE; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; POLLEN DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA DEGRADATION; SPOROPHYTE; TRANSPOSON; FLOWER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

ANGIOSPERMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; GERM CELLS, PLANT; MICRORNAS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77953071679     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0380617     Document Type: Review

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