MicroRNAs in Plant Roots: Current Understanding and Future Perspectives

RNA Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 269-284

  Meng, Yijun ^a   Wu, Ping ^a   Chen, Ming ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Degradome; Hormone; MicroRNA; MicroRNA target pair; Network; Next generation sequencing; Nutrition; PARE (parallel analysis of RNA ends); Root development; Small RNA; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870358808     PISSN: 21979731     EISSN: 21979758     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19454-2_17     Document Type: Chapter

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