MiR444a has multiple functions in the rice nitrate-signaling pathway

Plant Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-55

  Yan, Yongsheng ^a,b   Wang, Huacai ^a,b,c   Hamera, Sadia ^a,b   Chen, Xiaoying ^a,b   Fang, Rongxiang ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b National Plant Gene Research Center   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

miR444a; nitrate signal; rice; root

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; PIGMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SIGNALING;

MIR444A; NITRATE ACCUMULATION; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE TRANSPORTERS; RICE; ROOT; SIGNALING MOLECULES; STARVATION RESPONSE;

NITRATES;

ARABIDOPSIS; LILIOPSIDA;

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; MICRORNA; NITRATE TRANSPORTERS; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE; PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICRORNAS; MUTATION; NITRATES; ORYZA SATIVA; PHOSPHATES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, PLANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84897390688     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12446     Document Type: Article

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