Cotton plants export microRNAs to inhibit virulence gene expression in a fungal pathogen

Nature Plants

Volumn 2, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Tao ^a,b   Zhao, Yun Long ^a,b   Zhao, Jian Hua ^a   Wang, Sheng ^a   Jin, Yun ^a   Chen, Zhong Qi ^a   Fang, Yuan Yuan ^a   Hua, Chen Lei ^a   Ding, Shou Wei ^c   Guo, Hui Shan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

DISEASE RESISTANCE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GOSSYPIUM; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; VERTICILLIUM; VIRULENCE;

DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE SILENCING; GOSSYPIUM; HYPHAE; MICRORNAS; PLANT DISEASES; VERTICILLIUM; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84988813551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20550278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2016.153     Document Type: Article

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