Comprehensive investigation of microRNAs enhanced by analysis of sequence variants, expression patterns, ARGONAUTE loading, and target cleavage

Plant Physiology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1225-1245

  Jeong, Dong Hoon ^a   Thatcher, Shawn R ^a   Brown, Rebecca S H ^a,b   Zhai, Jixian ^a   Park, Sunhee ^a   Rymarquis, Linda A ^a   Meyers, Blake C ^a   Green, Pamela J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84879704714     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.219873     Document Type: Article

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