Analysis of conserved microRNAs in floral tissues of sexual and apomictic Boechera species

BMC Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Amiteye, Samuel ^a   Corral, José M ^a   Vogel, Heiko ^b   Sharbel, Timothy F ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MICRORNA; PROTEIN MYB; PROTEIN MYB 120; SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN LIKE 11; SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN LIKE 15; SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN LIKE 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TCP10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANGIOSPERM; APOMIXIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOTYPE; MEGASPORE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS; UPREGULATION; BIOLOGY; BRASSICACEAE; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BOECHERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

BRASSICACEAE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; MICRORNAS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 80053649578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-500     Document Type: Article

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