Regulation of reproductive development by non-coding RNA in Arabidopsis: To flower or not to flower

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 693-704

  Yamaguchi, Ayako ^a,b   Abe, Mitsutomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Flowering; Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA); MicroRNA (miRNA); Reproductive competency; Vernalization

Indexed keywords

LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MICRORNA; MIRN156 MICRORNA, ARABIDOPSIS; MIRN172 MICRORNA, ARABIDOPSIS; PLANT RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT GENE; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ARABIDOPSIS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MICRORNAS; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; RNA, LONG UNTRANSLATED; RNA, PLANT; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84868501928     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10265-012-0513-7     Document Type: Article

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