MicroRNAs in Control of Plant Development

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 303-313

  Li, Chao ^a   Zhang, Baohong ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; PLANT RNA;

FLOWER; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ORGANOGENESIS; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROOT SYSTEM; SHOOT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROP PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT; PLANT ROOT;

CROP PRODUCTION; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MERISTEM; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; RNA, PLANT;

EID: 84944909591     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: 10974652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.25125     Document Type: Review

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