Genome-wide analysis of clustering patterns and flanking characteristics for plant microRNA genes

FEBS Journal

Volumn 278, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 929-940

  Zhou, Meng ^a   Sun, Jie ^a   Wang, Qiang Hu ^a   Song, Li Qun ^b   Zhao, Guang ^a   Wang, Hong Zhi ^b   Yang, Hai Xiu ^a   Li, Xia ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Chinese Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

clustering patterns; flanking regions; motif; plant microRNA gene; sequence characteristics

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ASPEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RICE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; SORGHUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MICRORNAS; ORYZA SATIVA; POPULUS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, PLANT; SORGHUM;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ORYZA SATIVA; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 79952498480     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08008.x     Document Type: Article

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