Genome-Wide Analysis of MicroRNAs in Sacred Lotus, Nelumbo nucifera (Gaertn)

Tropical Plant Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 117-130

  Zheng, Yun ^a,b   Jagadeeswaran, Guru ^a   Gowdu, Kanchana ^a   Wang, Nian ^c   Li, Shaohua ^c   Ming, Ray ^d   Sunkar, Ramanjulu ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

MicroRNA targets; MicroRNAs; Post transcriptional gene regulation; Sacred lotus; Small RNAs

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDONEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; NELUMBO NUCIFERA; PROTEALES;

EID: 84885075479     PISSN: 19359756     EISSN: 19359764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12042-013-9127-z     Document Type: Article

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