Contribution of small RNA pathway components in plant immunity

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 617-625

  Seo, Jang Kyun ^a,c   Wu, Jianguo ^b   Lii, Yifan ^a   Li, Yi ^b   Jin, Hailing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c National Academy of Agricultural Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; OOMYCETES;

MICRORNA; PLANT RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT IMMUNITY; RICE;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, PLANT; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84877152813     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-10-12-0255-IA     Document Type: Review

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