Genome-wide identification of Medicago truncatula microRNAs and their targets reveals their differential regulation by heavy metal

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-99

  Zhou, Zhao Sheng ^a   Zeng, Hou Qing ^a   Liu, Zhao Pu ^a   Yang, Zhi Min ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Deep sequencing; Degradome; Mercury

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; MICRORNA; PLANT RNA;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; LEGUME; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENOME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENOME, PLANT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; MERCURY; MICRORNAS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

EID: 83255185090     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02418.x     Document Type: Article

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