Dissection of miRNA pathways using Arabidopsis mesophyll protoplasts

Molecular Plant

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 261-275

  Martinho, Cláudia ^a   Confraria, Ana ^a   Elias, Carlos Alexandre ^a   Crozet, Pierre ^a   Rubio Somoza, Ignacio ^b   Weigel, Detlef ^b   Baena González, Elena ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Key words miRNA; miRNA activity; miRNA sensor protoplasts

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

MICRORNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOPLAST;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICRORNAS; PROTOPLASTS;

EID: 84925203201     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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