Genomewide analysis of small RNAs in nonembryogenic and embryogenic tissues of citrus: microRNA- and siRNA-mediated transcript cleavage involved in somatic embryogenesis

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 383-394

  Wu, Xiao Meng ^a   Kou, Shu Jun ^a   Liu, Yuan Long ^a   Fang, Yan Ni ^a   Xu, Qiang ^a   Guo, Wen Wu ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Citrus sinensis; Degradome sequencing; Small RNA sequencing; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS;

MICRORNA; PLANT RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; PLANT GENOME; RNA CLEAVAGE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; SWEET ORANGE;

CITRUS SINENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MICRORNAS; PLANT SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS TECHNIQUES; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA, PLANT; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 84926419405     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12317     Document Type: Article

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