Manipulation Of MicroRNA Expression To Improve Nitrogen Use Efficiency

Plant Science

Volumn 210, Issue , 2013, Pages 70-81

  Fischer, Jeffrey J ^a   Beatty, Perrin H ^b   Good, Allen G ^b   Muench, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Metabolic engineering; MicroRNA; Nitrogen metabolism; Nitrogen starvation response; Nitrogen use efficiency; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; MICRORNA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PLANT RNA; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; SULFUR; UBIQUITIN;

ABA; ARF; CAMV; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; CROP; DOUBLE-STRANDED RNA; DSRNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GOGAT; GS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROGEN STARVATION RESPONSE; NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY; NUE; OPP; OXIDATIVE PENTOSE PHOSPHATE; P; PEPC; PHOSPHOROUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PS; REACTIVE OXIDATIVE SPECIES; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RIBULOSE-1,5-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE/OXYGENASE; RISC; ROS; S; UBI;

ABA; ABSCISIC ACID; ARF; AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR; CAMV; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; DOUBLE-STRANDED RNA; DSRNA; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE; GOGAT; GS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MICRORNA; MIRNA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROGEN STARVATION RESPONSE; NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY; NUE; OPP; OXIDATIVE PENTOSE PHOSPHATE; P; PEPC; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PHOSPHOROUS; PHOTOSYSTEM; PS; REACTIVE OXIDATIVE SPECIES; REGULATION; RIBULOSE-1,5-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE/OXYGENASE; RISC; RNA-INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; ROS; RUBISCO; S; SULFUR; UBI; UBIQUITIN;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMICS; MICRORNAS; NITROGEN; PLANTS; RNA, PLANT;

EID: 84879133591     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2013.05.009     Document Type: Review

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