System analysis of microRNAs in the development and aluminium stress responses of the maize root system

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1108-1121

  Kong, Xiangpei ^a   Zhang, Maolin ^a   Xu, Xiangbo ^b   Li, Xiaoming ^c   Li, Cuiling ^a   Ding, Zhaojun ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG PEANUT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Al stress; Maize; MiRNAs; Root development

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ZEA MAYS;

ALUMINUM; MICRORNA; PLANT RNA;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALUMINUM; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT ROOTS; RNA, PLANT; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84925953336     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12218     Document Type: Article

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