Regulation of FLOWERING LOCUS t by a MicroRNA in Brachypodium distachyon

Plant Cell

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4363-4377

  Wu, Liang ^a   Liu, Dongfeng ^a,b,c   Wu, Jiajie ^d   Zhang, Rongzhi ^a   Qin, Zhengrui ^a   Liu, Danmei ^a   Li, Aili ^a   Fu, Daolin ^d   Zhai, Wenxue ^b,c   Mao, Long ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRACHYPODIUM; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT LEAF; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BRACHYPODIUM; CHROMATIN; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICRORNAS; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84891543934     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.118620     Document Type: Article

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