Role of microRNAs and other sRNAs of plants in their changing environments

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1664-1672

  Kruszka, Katarzyna ^a   Pieczynski, Marcin ^a   Windels, David ^b   Bielewicz, Dawid ^a,b   Jarmolowski, Artur ^a   Szweykowska Kulinska, Zofia ^a   Vazquez, Franck ^b  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

MicroRNA; Silencing; SiRNA; Stress response

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; PLANT RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; MICRORNAS; PLANTS; RNA, PLANT; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84866870375     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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