The role of rice microRNAs in abiotic stress responses

Journal of Plant Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 187-197

  Jeong, Dong Hoon ^a   Green, Pamela J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Deep sequencing; miRNA; PARE; Rice; Target gene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881052994     PISSN: 12269239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12374-013-0213-4     Document Type: Review

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