Small RNAs in plant responses to abiotic stresses: Regulatory roles and study methods

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 24532-24554

  Ku, Yee Shan ^a   Wong, Johanna Wing Hang ^a   Mui, Zeta ^a   Liu, Xuan ^b   Hui, Jerome Ho Lam ^a   Chan, Ting Fung ^a   Lam, Hon Ming ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Bioinformatics; MicroRNA; Small RNA; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LYSOSOME ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RNA POLYMERASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; MICRORNA; PLANT RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARABIDOPSIS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DNA METHYLATION; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PLANT RESPONSE; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICRORNAS; RNA, PLANT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84945207765     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms161024532     Document Type: Review

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