Differential Expression of MicroRNAs in Response to Drought Stress in Maize

Journal of Integrative Agriculture

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1414-1422

  LI, Jing sheng ^a   FU, Feng ling ^a   AN, Ming ^a   ZHOU, Shu feng ^a   SHE, Yue hui ^a   LI, Wan chen ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Differential expression; Drought, maize; Microarray; MicroRNA; Target gene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881522210     PISSN: 20953119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(13)60311-1     Document Type: Article

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