MicroRNAs in tomato plants

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 599-605

  Zuo, JinHua ^a   Wang, YunXiang ^a   Liu, HaiPing ^a   Ma, YuanZheng ^a   Ju, Zheng ^a   Zhai, BaiQiang ^a   Fu, DaQi ^a   Zhu, Yi ^a   Luo, YunBo ^a   Zhu, BenZhong ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

functional analysis; microRNAs; research methods; target gene prediction; tomato

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; PLANT RNA;

BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVIEW; TOMATO; TRANSGENE;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MICRORNAS; RNA, PLANT; TRANSGENES;

EUKARYOTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 79960146095     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-011-4188-4     Document Type: Review

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