High-throughput sequencing of small RNAs and analysis of differentially expressed microRNAs associated with pistil development in Japanese apricot

BMC Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Gao, Zhihong ^a   Shi, Ting ^a   Luo, Xiaoyan ^a   Zhang, Zhen ^a   Zhuang, Weibing ^a   Wang, Liangju ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Japanese apricot; microRNA; Pistil abortion; qRT PCR; Solexa sequencing

Indexed keywords

F BOX PROTEIN; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 156; MICRORNA 159; MICRORNA 160; MICRORNA 166; MICRORNA 168; MICRORNA 169; MICRORNA 171; MICRORNA 172; MICRORNA 2111; MICRORNA 390; MICRORNA 393; MICRORNA 394; MICRORNA 395; MICRORNA 396; MICRORNA 398; MICRORNA 399; MICRORNA 403; MICRORNA 408; MICRORNA 535; MICRORNA 827; MICRORNA 828; RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APRICOT; ARTICLE; FLOWER; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; JAPANESE APRICOT; NONHUMAN; PISTIL; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

PRUNUS MUME;

EID: 84866373395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-371     Document Type: Article

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