Small RNA mediated regulation of seed germination

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue OCTOBER, 2015, Pages

  Das, Shabari Sarkar ^a   Karmakar, Prakash ^b   Nandi, Asis Kumar ^b   Sanan Mishra, Neeti ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

MiRNA; Seed; Seed dormancy; Seed germination; Small RNA; Stress response

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944323256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00828     Document Type: Review

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