Identification and characterization of microRNAs in oilseed rape (Brassica napus) responsive to infection with the pathogenic fungus Verticillium longisporum using Brassica AA (Brassica rapa) and CC (Brassica oleracea) as reference genomes

New Phytologist

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 577-594

  Shen, Dan ^a   Suhrkamp, Ina ^a   Wang, Yu ^b   Liu, Shenyi ^c   Menkhaus, Jan ^a   Verreet, Joseph Alexander ^a   Fan, Longjiang ^b   Cai, Daguang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; MicroRNAs; MiR168 AGO1; Plant fungus interaction; Verticillium longisporum

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA RAPA; FUNGI; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE VAR. LONGISPORUM;

MICRORNA; PLANT RNA;

BRASSICA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENOME; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VERTICILLIUM; VIRULENCE;

BRASSICA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; MICRORNAS; PLANT DISEASES; RNA, PLANT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTICILLIUM; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84907994489     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12934     Document Type: Article

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