Genome-wide comparison of microRNAs and their targeted transcripts among leaf, flower and fruit of sweet orange

BMC Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Liu, Yuanlong ^a   Wang, Lun ^a   Chen, Dijun ^a   Wu, Xiaomeng ^a   Huang, Ding ^a   Chen, Lingling ^a   Li, Li ^b   Deng, Xiuxin ^a   Xu, Qiang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrus sinensis; Degraded transcript; Fruit ripening; Genome wide comparison; miRNA

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PLANT RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FLOWER; FRUIT; FRUIT RIPENING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GEL BLOT ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; SWEET ORANGE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CITRUS SINENSIS; PHYLLANTHUS (ANGIOSPERM);

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CITRUS SINENSIS; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; MICRORNAS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84906832695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-695     Document Type: Article

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