Viroids: Molecular implements for dissecting RNA trafficking in plants

RNA Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Di Serio, Francesco ^a   Flores, Ricardo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE PLANT PROTECTION   (Italy)

^b Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

Author keywords

RNA movement; Small non protein coding RNAs; Subcellular localization; Viroid

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA; VIRUS RNA;

CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW; RNA REPLICATION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSPORT; SPECIES INVASION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VIROID;

VIROIDS;

EID: 85011941665     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.5.3.6638     Document Type: Review

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