Stress-induced endogenous siRNAs targeting regulatory intron sequences in Brachypodium

RNA

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 145-163

  Wang, Hsiao Lin V ^a   Dinwiddie, Brandon L ^a   Lee, Herman ^a   Chekanova, Julia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic stresses; Brachypodium; smRNAs; Splicing; Splicing regulation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; 3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BIOINFORMATICS; BRACHYPODIUM; DNA MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA SEQUENCE; STRESS; 3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADAPTATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

BRACHYPODIUM; BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON; EUKARYOTA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BRACHYPODIUM; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, PLANT; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84921327683     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.047662.114     Document Type: Article

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