Addressing the role of micrornas in reprogramming leaf growth during drought stress in brachypodium distachyon

Molecular Plant

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 423-443

  Bertolini, Edoardo ^a   Verelst, Wim ^b,c   Horner, David Stephen ^d   Gianfranceschi, Luca ^d   Piccolo, Viviana ^d   Inzé, Dirk ^b,c   Pè, Mario Enrico ^a   Mica, Erica ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brachypodium; drought; leaf development; miRNAs

Indexed keywords

BRACHYPODIUM; BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON;

EID: 84875630642     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/sss160     Document Type: Article

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