A miR169 isoform regulates specific NF-YA targets and root architecture in Arabidopsis

New Phytologist

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1197-1211

  Sorin, Céline ^a,b   Declerck, Marie ^a   Christ, Aurélie ^a   Blein, Thomas ^a,c   Ma, Linnan ^a   Lelandais Brière, Christine ^a,b   Njo, Maria Fransiska ^d,e   Beeckman, Tom ^d,e   Crespi, Martin ^a   Hartmann, Caroline ^a,b  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Mimicry; MiR169 isoforms; Nuclear Factor Y subunit A (NF YA); Root branching

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CCAAT BINDING FACTOR; MICRORNA; MIRN169 MICRORNA, ARABIDOPSIS; NF-YA2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PLANT RNA; RNA ISOFORM;

ARABIDOPSIS; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOT; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CCAAT-BINDING FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; MERISTEM; MICRORNAS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA ISOFORMS; RNA, PLANT;

EID: 84899921226     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12735     Document Type: Article

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