Characterization of phosphorus-regulated miR399 and miR827 and their isomirs in barley under phosphorus-sufficient and phosphorus-deficient conditions

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hackenberg, Michael ^a   Shi, Bu Jun ^b   Gustafson, Perry ^c   Langridge, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense; Barley; Differential expression; Isomir; miR399; miR827; Phosphorus; Targets

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM;

MICRORNA; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HORDEUM; METABOLISM;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HORDEUM; MICRORNAS; PHOSPHORUS; RNA, PLANT;

EID: 84889993778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-13-214     Document Type: Article

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