Genome-wide annotation of genes and noncoding RNAs of foxtail millet in response to simulated drought stress by deep sequencing

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 459-473

  Qi, Xin ^a   Xie, Shaojun ^a   Liu, Yuwei ^a   Yi, Fei ^a   Yu, Jingjuan ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Foxtail millet; Long noncoding RNA; siRNA; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

POACEAE; SETARIA ITALICA; SORGHUM (GENUS); SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 84884901660     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-013-0104-6     Document Type: Article

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