The Hot Pepper (Capsicum annuum) MicroRNA Transcriptome Reveals Novel and Conserved Targets: A Foundation for Understanding MicroRNA Functional Roles in Hot Pepper

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Hwang, Dong Gyu ^a   Park, June Hyun ^a   Lim, Jae Yun ^a   Kim, Donghyun ^a   Choi, Yourim ^a   Kim, Soyoung ^a   Reeves, Gregory ^b   Yeom, Seon In ^c   Lee, Jeong Soo ^c   Park, Minkyu ^c   Kim, Seungill ^c   Choi, Ik Young ^c   Choi, Doil ^c,d   Shin, Chanseok ^a,d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 396; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FLOWER; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CAPSICUM; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS;

EID: 84878511568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064238     Document Type: Article

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