MicroRNA expression analysis in the cellulosic biofuel crop switchgrass (panicum virgatum) under abiotic stress

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Sun, Guiling ^a   Stewart, C Neal ^b,c   Xiao, Peng ^a   Zhang, Baohong ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 156; MICRORNA 157; MICRORNA 159; MICRORNA 162; MICRORNA 167; MICRORNA 169; MICRORNA 172; MICRORNA 395; MICRORNA 396; MICRORNA 397; MICRORNA 398; MICRORNA 399; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INORGANIC SALT;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; DROUGHT STRESS; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; RNA ANALYSIS; SALT STRESS; UPREGULATION; DROUGHT; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PANICUM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

BIOFUELS; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERMINATION; MICRORNAS; PANICUM; SALTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84859073075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032017     Document Type: Article

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