High-throughput sequencing identification of novel and conserved miRNAs in the Brassica oleracea leaves

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lukasik, Anna ^a   Pietrykowska, Halina ^b   Paczek, Leszek ^a,c   Szweykowska Kulinska, Zofia ^b   Zielenkiewicz, Piotr ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea; Cabbage; High throughput sequencing; MiRNA; Target gene

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; GLYCEROLIPID; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 157A; MICRORNA 160A; MICRORNA 162C; MICRORNA 166; MICRORNA 167; MICRORNA 168C; MICRORNA 169; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA; CARBON FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOLYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES CULTIVATION; BIOLOGY; BRASSICA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROCEDURES;

BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA;

BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MICRORNAS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84887781279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-801     Document Type: Article

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