The miR156/SPL module, a regulatory hub and versatile toolbox, gears up crops for enhanced agronomic traits

Molecular Plant

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 677-688

  Wang, Hai ^a   Wang, Haiyang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

agronomic trait; crop; miR156; SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN LIKE (SPL)

Indexed keywords

ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS;

MICRORNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CROP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICRORNAS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84929049867     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2015.01.008     Document Type: Review

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