Molecular functions of long non-coding RNAs in plants

Genes

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 176-190

  Zhu, Qian Hao ^a   Wang, Ming Bo ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chromatin modifier; Long non coding RNA; Natural miRNA target mimic; RNA seq

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PLANT RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARABIDOPSIS; BINDING SITE; EXON; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT GENOME; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84863337856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes3010176     Document Type: Review

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