Cloning and characterization of maize miRNAs involved in responses to nitrogen deficiency

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Zhao, Meng ^a,b   Tai, Huanhuan ^a   Sun, Suzhen ^a   Zhang, Fusuo ^a   Xu, Yunbi ^c,d   Li, Wen Xue ^a,c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^d INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 169; MICRORNA 171; MICRORNA 398; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NITROGEN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC MODEL; MAIZE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; NITROGEN DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ADAPTATION; DOWN REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION;

ZEA MAYS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DOWN-REGULATION; GENETIC LOCI; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MICRORNAS; NITROGEN; PLANT ROOTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; UP-REGULATION; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84855312657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029669     Document Type: Article

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