Bioinformatics prediction of miRNAs in the Prunus persica genome with validation of their precise sequences by miR-RACE

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 80-92

  Zhang, Yanping ^a   Bai, Youhuang ^b   Han, Jian ^a   Chen, Ming ^b   Kayesh, Emrul ^a   Jiang, Weibing ^a   Fang, Jinggui ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computational prediction; MicroRNAs; MiR RACE; Prunus persica; QRT PCR

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MICRORNA; PLANT RNA;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; FLOWER; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT GENOME; PLANT LEAF; PRUNUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENOME, PLANT; MICRORNAS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLANT LEAVES; PRUNUS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PLANT;

PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 84872374378     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2012.08.021     Document Type: Article

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