MicroRNA-based biotechnology for plant improvement

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-15

  Zhang, Baohong ^a,b   Wang, Qinglian ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Henan Institute of Sciences and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; PHYTOHORMONE; PLANT RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADVENTITIOUS ROOT; ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOGENESIS; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMASS; BIOTIC STRESS; CROP IMPROVEMENT; DATA BASE; DROUGHT STRESS; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC SCREENING; LEAF DEVELOPMENT; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MERISTEM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT APICAL DOMINANCE; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT YIELD; PUBLICATION; RNA SEQUENCE; ROOT DEVELOPMENT; SALT STRESS; SALT TOLERANCE; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRIDIPLANTAE; WATER LOSS; ANIMAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BREEDING; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT SEED; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BREEDING; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICRORNAS; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS;

EID: 84910073298     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: 10974652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.24685     Document Type: Short Survey

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