Combined small RNA and degradome sequencing reveals novel miRNAs and their targets in response to low nitrate availability in maize

Annals of Botany

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 633-642

  Zhao, Yongping ^a   Xu, Zhenhua ^a,d   Mo, Qiaocheng ^a,c   Zou, Cheng ^a   Li, Wenxue ^a   Xu, Yunbi ^a,b   Xie, Chuanxiao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^c ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

adaptation; combined analysis; degradome; low nitrate stress; Maize; miRNA; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; NITRATE; PLANT RNA;

ADAPTATION; MAIZE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA; TOLERANCE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMBINED ANALYSIS; DEGRADOME; GENETICS; LOW-NITRATE STRESS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA STABILITY;

ADAPTATION; COMBINED ANALYSIS; DEGRADOME; LOW-NITRATE STRESS; MAIZE; MIRNA; ZEA MAYS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; MICRORNAS; NITRATES; RNA STABILITY; RNA, PLANT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84880880764     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct133     Document Type: Article

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