High-throughput deep sequencing shows that microRNAs play important roles in switchgrass responses to drought and salinity stress

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 354-366

  Xie, Fuliang ^a   Stewart, Charles Neal ^b,c   Taki, Faten A ^a   He, Qiuling ^a   Liu, Huawei ^a   Zhang, Baohong ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Drought; High throughput sequencing; MicroRNA; Salt; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

BIOFUEL; INORGANIC SALT; MICRORNA; PLANT RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DOWN REGULATION; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANICUM; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SALINITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION;

BIOFUEL; DROUGHT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MICRORNA; SALT; SWITCHGRASS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DOWN-REGULATION; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PANICUM; RNA, PLANT; SALINITY; SALTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84896399698     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12142     Document Type: Article

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