The evolution of microRNAs in plants

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2017, Pages 61-67

  Cui, Jie ^a   You, Chenjiang ^a,b   Chen, Xuemei ^a,b  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; PLANT RNA; TRANSPOSON;

GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; INVERTED REPEAT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLANT; TRANSPOSON;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; MICRORNAS; PLANTS; RNA, PLANT;

EID: 84996866876     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2016.11.006     Document Type: Review

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