Biogenesis, turnover, and mode of action of plant microRNAs

Plant Cell

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2383-2399

  Rogers, Kestrel ^a   Chen, Xuemei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; PLANT RNA; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA PRECURSOR;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING;

ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICRORNAS; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANTS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT;

EID: 84883167952     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.113159     Document Type: Review

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