Plant Small RNAs: Biogenesis, Mode of Action and Their Roles in Abiotic Stresses

Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 183-199

  Guleria, Praveen ^a   Mahajan, Monika ^a   Bhardwaj, Jyoti ^a   Yadav, Sudesh Kumar ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; MicroRNA; Plants; SiRNA; Small RNA

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; PLANT RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ABIOTIC STRESS; BIOGENESIS; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOGENESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICRORNAS; PLANTS; RNA, PLANT; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84856394471     PISSN: 16720229     EISSN: 22103244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-0229(11)60022-3     Document Type: Review

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