Ectopic expression of miR156 represses nodulation and causes morphological and developmental changes in Lotus japonicus

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 290, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 471-484

  Wang, Ying ^a,b,c   Wang, Zhishuo ^b,c   Amyot, Lisa ^b   Tian, Lining ^b,c   Xu, Ziqin ^a   Gruber, Margaret Y ^b   Hannoufa, Abdelali ^b,c  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flowering; Lotus japonicus; miR156; Nodulation; Plant architecture

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 156; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOFUEL; PLANT RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CERBERUS GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOPS GENE; ENOD GENE; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LOTUS JAPONICUS; NONHUMAN; NSP1 GENE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; POLLUX GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROOT DEVELOPMENT; ROOT GROWTH; ROOT LENGTH; SEEDLING; SHOOT; SILIQUE; SYMPK GENE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOTUS; NODULATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BIOFUELS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; LOTUS; MICRORNAS; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, PLANT;

EID: 84925485526     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: 16174623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-014-0931-4     Document Type: Article

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