The role of microRNAs in the control of flowering time

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 365-380

  Spanudakis, Eleonora ^a   Jackson, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; flowering time; microRNA (miRNA); miR156; miR159 miR319; miR172; miR390; miR399; plant development; SPL

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FLOWER; FLOWERING TIME; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICRORNA (MIRNA); MIR156; MIR159/MIR319; MIR172; MIR390; MIR399; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STABILITY; SPL.; TIME;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; FLOWERING TIME; MICRORNA (MIRNA); MIR156; MIR159/MIR319; MIR172; MIR390; MIR399; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SPL.;

FLOWERS; GENE SILENCING; MICRORNAS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA STABILITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893271829     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert453     Document Type: Article

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