Correlation analysis of the transcriptome of growing leaves with mature leaf parameters in a maize RIL population

Genome Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Baute, Joke ^a,b   Herman, Dorota ^a,b   Coppens, Frederik ^a,b   De Block, Jolien ^a,b   Slabbinck, Bram ^a,b   Dell'Acqua, Matteo ^c   Pè, Mario Enrico ^c   Maere, Steven ^a,b   Nelissen, Hilde ^a,b   Inzé, Dirk ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH RATE; LEAF DEVELOPMENT; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; RECOMBINANT INBRED STRAIN; SEEDLING; SHOOT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT GENE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GENES, PLANT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; TRANSCRIPTOME; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84941276984     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-015-0735-9     Document Type: Article

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