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  1. We have previously reported that the seed-specific overexpression of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) Heat Shock Factor A9 (HaHSFA9) enhanced seed longevity in transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.). In additi...

    Authors: José-María Personat, Javier Tejedor-Cano, Pilar Prieto-Dapena, Concepción Almoguera and Juan Jordano
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:56
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  2. Breeders in the allo-octoploid strawberry currently make little use of molecular marker tools. As a first step of a QTL discovery project on fruit quality traits and resistance to soil-borne pathogens such as Phy...

    Authors: Thijs van Dijk, Giulia Pagliarani, Anna Pikunova, Yolanda Noordijk, Hulya Yilmaz-Temel, Bert Meulenbroek, Richard GF Visser and Eric van de Weg
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:55
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  3. During abiotic stress many genes that are important for growth and adaptation to stress are expressed at elevated levels. However, the mechanisms that keep the stress responsive genes from expressing under non...

    Authors: Barsha Shrestha, Bhuwan Guragain and Vaniyambadi V Sridhar
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:54
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  4. Resistant cultivars are key elements for pathogen control and pesticide reduction, but their repeated use may lead to the emergence of virulent pathogen populations, able to overcome the resistance. Increased ...

    Authors: Caroline Djian-Caporalino, Alain Palloix, Ariane Fazari, Nathalie Marteu, Arnaud Barbary, Pierre Abad, Anne-Marie Sage-Palloix, Thierry Mateille, Sabine Risso, Roger Lanza, Catherine Taussig and Philippe Castagnone-Sereno
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:53
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  5. The reproductive phenology of perennial plants in temperate climates is largely conditioned by the duration of bud dormancy, and fruit developmental processes. Bud dormancy release and bud break depends on the...

    Authors: José F Romeu, Antonio J Monforte, Gerardo Sánchez, Antonio Granell, Jesús García-Brunton, María L Badenes and Gabino Ríos
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:52
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  6. The use of auxin-producing rhizosphere bacteria as agricultural products promises increased root production and therefore greater phosphate (Pi) uptake. Whilst such bacteria promote root production in vitro, t...

    Authors: Peter J Talboys, Darren W Owen, John R Healey, Paul JA Withers and David L Jones
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:51
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  7. In recent decades cultivation of flax and its application have dramatically decreased. One of the reasons for this is unpredictable quality and properties of flax fibre, because they depend on environmental fa...

    Authors: Marta Preisner, Anna Kulma, Jacek Zebrowski, Lucyna Dymińska, Jerzy Hanuza, Malgorzata Arendt, Michal Starzycki and Jan Szopa
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:50
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  8. Methionine is an important nutrient in animal feed and several approaches have been developed to increase methionine concentration in maize (Zea mays L.) grain. One approach is through traditional breeding using ...

    Authors: Mark A Newell, Karla E Vogel, Marie Adams, Nevzat Aydin, Anastasia L Bodnar, Muhammad Ali, Adrienne N Moran Lauter and M Paul Scott
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:49
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  9. The signal output of ethylene receptor family members is mediated by unknown mechanisms to activate the Raf-like protein CONSTITUTIVE TRIPLE RESPONSE1 (CTR1) in negatively regulating ethylene signaling. The ph...

    Authors: Aibei Xu, Wei Zhang and Chi-Kuang Wen
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:48
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  10. There is a rapidly growing awareness that plant peptide signalling molecules are numerous and varied and they are known to play fundamental roles in angiosperm plant growth and development. Two closely related...

    Authors: Timothy J Strabala, Lorelle Phillips, Mark West and Lisa Stanbra
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:47
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  11. The rhizome, the original stem of land plants, enables species to invade new territory and is a critical component of perenniality, especially in grasses. Red rice (Oryza longistaminata) is a perennial wild rice ...

    Authors: Ruifeng He, Fernanda Salvato, Jeong-Jin Park, Min-Jeong Kim, William Nelson, Tiago S Balbuena, Mark Willer, John A Crow, Greg D May, Carol A Soderlund, Jay J Thelen and David R Gang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:46
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  12. The rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis, is an important plant species that is commercially grown to produce latex rubber in many countries. The rubber tree variety BPM 24 exhibits cytoplasmic male sterility, inherit...

    Authors: Jeremy R Shearman, Duangjai Sangsrakru, Panthita Ruang-areerate, Chutima Sonthirod, Pichahpuk Uthaipaisanwong, Thippawan Yoocha, Supannee Poopear, Kanikar Theerawattanasuk, Somvong Tragoonrung and Sithichoke Tangphatsornruang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:45
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  13. Dehydration-Responsive Element-Binding Protein2 (DREB2) is a transcriptional factor which regulates the expression of several stress-inducible genes. DREB2-type proteins are particularly important in plant res...

    Authors: Xiaoshuang Li, Daoyuan Zhang, Haiyan Li, Yucheng Wang, Yuanming Zhang and Andrew J Wood
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:44
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  14. Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is an oilseed crop in the Compositae (a.k.a. Asteraceae) that is valued for its oils rich in unsaturated fatty acids. Here, we present an analysis of the genetic architecture o...

    Authors: Stephanie A Pearl, John E Bowers, Sebastian Reyes-Chin-Wo, Richard W Michelmore and John M Burke
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:43
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  15. Temperature extremes represent an important limiting factor to plant growth and productivity. The present study evaluated the effect of hydroponic pretreatment of strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa cv. ‘Camarosa’) r...

    Authors: Anastasis Christou, Panagiota Filippou, George A Manganaris and Vasileios Fotopoulos
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:42
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  16. Plant defensins are small (45–54 amino acids), basic, cysteine-rich proteins that have a major role in innate immunity in plants. Many defensins are potent antifungal molecules and are being evaluated for thei...

    Authors: Fung T Lay, Simon Poon, James A McKenna, Angela A Connelly, Barbara L Barbeta, Bruce S McGinness, Jennifer L Fox, Norelle L Daly, David J Craik, Robyn L Heath and Marilyn A Anderson
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:41
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  17. Proanthocyanidins (PAs) are secondary metabolites that strongly affect plant quality traits. The concentration and the structure of these metabolites influence the palatability and nutritional value of forage ...

    Authors: Francisco J Escaray, Valentina Passeri, Florencia M Babuin, Francisco Marco, Pedro Carrasco, Francesco Damiani, Fernando L Pieckenstain, Francesco Paolocci and Oscar A Ruiz
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:40
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  18. Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) represent a ubiquitous gene family encoding detoxification enzymes able to recognize reactive electrophilic xenobiotic molecules as well as compounds of endogenous origin. Ant...

    Authors: Concetta Licciardello, Nunzio D’Agostino, Alessandra Traini, Giuseppe Reforgiato Recupero, Luigi Frusciante and Maria Luisa Chiusano
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:39
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  19. Arabidopsis ZBF1/MYC2bHLH transcription factor is a repressor of photomorphogenesis, and acts as a point of cross talk in light, abscisic acid (ABA) and jasmonic acid (JA) signaling pathways. MYC2 also functio...

    Authors: Nisha Gupta, V Babu Rajendra Prasad and Sudip Chattopadhyay
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:38
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  20. WD40 domains have been found in a plethora of eukaryotic proteins, acting as scaffolding molecules assisting proper activity of other proteins, and are involved in multi-cellular processes. They comprise sever...

    Authors: Emma W Gachomo, Jose C Jimenez-Lopez, Lyla Jno Baptiste and Simeon O Kotchoni
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:37
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  21. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are naturally occurring soil bacteria which benefit plants by improving plant productivity and immunity. The mechanisms involved in these processes include the regul...

    Authors: Rosa Porcel, Ángel María Zamarreño, José María García-Mina and Ricardo Aroca
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:36
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  22. Effective improvement in sorghum crop development necessitates a genomics-based approach to identify functional genes and QTLs. Sequenced in 2009, a comprehensive annotation of the sorghum genome and the devel...

    Authors: Nadia Shakoor, Ramesh Nair, Oswald Crasta, Geoffrey Morris, Alex Feltus and Stephen Kresovich
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:35
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  23. In the model single-cell C4 plant Bienertia sinuspersici, chloroplast- and nuclear-encoded photosynthetic enzymes, characteristically confined to either bundle sheath or mesophyll cells in Kranz-type C4 leaves, a...

    Authors: Josh Rosnow, Pradeep Yerramsetty, James O Berry, Thomas W Okita and Gerald E Edwards
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:34
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  24. Modern watermelon (Citrullus lanatus L.) cultivars share a narrow genetic base due to many years of selection for desirable horticultural qualities. Wild subspecies within C. lanatus are important potential sourc...

    Authors: Yi Ren, Cecilia McGregor, Yan Zhang, Guoyi Gong, Haiying Zhang, Shaogui Guo, Honghe Sun, Wantao Cai, Jie Zhang and Yong Xu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:33
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  26. In a cDNA-AFLP analysis comparing transcript levels between powdery mildew (Oidium neolycopersici)-susceptible tomato cultivar Moneymaker (MM) and near isogenic lines (NILs) carrying resistance gene Ol-1 or Ol-4,...

    Authors: Dongli Gao, Robin P Huibers, Annelies EHM Loonen, Richard GF Visser, Anne-Marie A Wolters and Yuling Bai
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:32
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  27. In woody plants from temperate regions, adaptation to the local climate results in annual cycles of growth and dormancy, and optimal regulation of these cycles are critical for growth, long-term survival, and ...

    Authors: Luisa Ghelardini, Sofia Berlin, Martin Weih, Ulf Lagercrantz, Niclas Gyllenstrand and Ann Christin Rönnberg-Wästljung
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:31
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  28. Identifying the target genes of transcription factors is important for unraveling regulatory networks in all types of organisms. Our interest was precisely to uncover the spectrum of loci regulated by a widesp...

    Authors: Martiniano M Ricardi, Rodrigo M González, Silin Zhong, Pía G Domínguez, Tomas Duffy, Pablo G Turjanski, Juan D Salgado Salter, Karina Alleva, Fernando Carrari, James J Giovannoni, José M Estévez and Norberto D Iusem
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:29
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  29. Cytokinins control numerous plant developmental processes, including meristem formation and activity, nutrient distribution, senescence timing and responses to both the abiotic and biotic environments. Cytokin...

    Authors: Jasmina Kurepa, Yan Li, Sharyn E Perry and Jan A Smalle
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:28
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  30. The elongating maize internode represents a useful system for following development of cell walls in vegetative cells in the Poaceae family. Elongating internodes can be divided into four developmental zones, ...

    Authors: Qisen Zhang, Roshan Cheetamun, Kanwarpal S Dhugga, J Antoni Rafalski, Scott V Tingey, Neil J Shirley, Jillian Taylor, Kevin Hayes, Mary Beatty, Antony Bacic, Rachel A Burton and Geoffrey B Fincher
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:27
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  31. Head blast caused by the fungal plant pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae is an upcoming threat for wheat and barley cultivation. We investigated the nonhost response of barley to an isolate of the Magnaporthe species co...

    Authors: Rhoda Delventhal, Christian Falter, Roxana Strugala, Nina Zellerhoff and Ulrich Schaffrath
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:26
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  32. The model grass Brachypodium distachyon is increasingly used to study various aspects of grass biology. A large and genotypically diverse collection of B. distachyon germplasm has been assembled by the research c...

    Authors: Ludmila Tyler, Jonatan U Fangel, Alexandra Dotson Fagerström, Michael A Steinwand, Theodore K Raab, William GT Willats and John P Vogel
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:25
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  33. Reconstruction of the parental origins of cultivated plants from wild relatives, especially after long periods of domestication, is not a trivial task. However, recent advances in molecular phylogenetics, amon...

    Authors: Željana Fredotović, Ivica Šamanić, Hanna Weiss-Schneeweiss, Juraj Kamenjarin, Tae-Soo Jang and Jasna Puizina
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:24
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  34. The diploid (2n = 2x = 14) strawberry model plant Fragaria vesca ssp. vesca ‘Hawaii 4’ was employed for functional analysis of expressed DNA sequences initially identified as being unique to Fragaria and of unkno...

    Authors: Qian Zhang, Kevin M Folta and Thomas M Davis
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:23
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  35. Studies in Arabidopsis show that DELLA genes may differentially affect responses to biotrophic and necrophic pathogens. A recent report based on the study of DELLA-producing reduced height (Rht) genes in wheat an...

    Authors: Guangdeng Chen, Wei Yan, Yaxi Liu, Yuming Wei, Meixue Zhou, You-Liang Zheng, John M Manners and Chunji Liu
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:22
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  36. Proline (Pro) dehydrogenase (ProDH) potentiates the oxidative burst and cell death of the plant Hypersensitive Response (HR) by mechanisms not yet elucidated. ProDH converts Pro into ∆1 pyrroline-5-carboxylate (P...

    Authors: Mariela Inés Monteoliva, Yanina Soledad Rizzi, Nicolás Miguel Cecchini, Mohammad-Reza Hajirezaei and María Elena Alvarez
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:21
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  37. Wheat seed germination directly affects wheat yield and quality. Although transcriptome and proteome analyses during seed germination have been reported in some crop plant species, dynamic transcriptome charac...

    Authors: Yonglong Yu, Guangfang Guo, Dongwen Lv, Yingkao Hu, Jiarui Li, Xiaohui Li and Yueming Yan
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:20
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  38. Besides gene duplication and de novo gene generation, horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is another important way of acquiring new genes. HGT may endow the recipients with novel phenotypic traits that are important f...

    Authors: Dale Zhang, Jinfeng Qi, Jipei Yue, Jinling Huang, Ting Sun, Suoping Li, Jian-Fan Wen, Christian Hettenhausen, Jinsong Wu, Lei Wang, Huifu Zhuang, Jianqiang Wu and Guiling Sun
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:19
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  39. Inorganic phosphate (Pi) is essential for plant growth, and phosphorus deficiency is a main limiting factor in plant development. Its acquisition is largely mediated by Pht1 transporters, a family of plasma me...

    Authors: Peng Liu, Sumei Chen, Aiping Song, Shuang Zhao, Weimin Fang, Zhiyong Guan, Yuan Liao, Jiafu Jiang and Fadi Chen
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:18
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  40. Deciphering the genetic structure of Arabidopsis thaliana diversity across its geographic range provides the bases for elucidating the demographic history of this model plant. Despite the unique A. thaliana genom...

    Authors: Adrian C Brennan, Belén Méndez-Vigo, Abdelmajid Haddioui, José M Martínez-Zapater, F Xavier Picó and Carlos Alonso-Blanco
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:17
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  41. In Arabidopsis thaliana (A. thaliana) the WD40 protein TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA1 (TTG1) controls five traits relevant for the adaptation of plants to environmental changes including the production of proanthocyan...

    Authors: Divykriti Chopra, Heike Wolff, Johannes Span, Swen Schellmann, George Coupland, Maria C Albani, Andrea Schrader and Martin Hülskamp
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:16
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  42. Adverse environmental conditions severely influence various aspects of plant growth and developmental processes, causing worldwide reduction of crop yields. The C-repeat binding factors (CBFs) are critical tra...

    Authors: Jae Yong Ryu, Shin-Young Hong, Sin-Hye Jo, Je-Chang Woo, Sangmin Lee and Chung-Mo Park
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:15
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  43. Tea is one of the most popular beverages in the world. Many species in the Thea section of the Camellia genus can be processed for drinking and have been domesticated. However, few investigations have focused on ...

    Authors: Dong-wei Zhao, Jun-bo Yang, Shi-xiong Yang, Kenji Kato and Jian-ping Luo
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:14
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  44. Silicon (Si) application has been known to enhance the tolerance of plants against abiotic stresses. However, the protective mechanism of Si under heavy metals contamination is poorly understood. The aim of th...

    Authors: Yoon-Ha Kim, Abdul Latif Khan, Duk-Hwan Kim, Seung-Yeol Lee, Kyung-Min Kim, Muhammad Waqas, Hee-Young Jung, Jae-Ho Shin, Jong-Guk Kim and In-Jung Lee
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:13
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  45. Iron (Fe) deficiency symptoms in maize (Zea mays subsp. mays) express as leaf chlorosis, growth retardation, as well as yield reduction and are typically observed when plants grow in calcareous soils at alkaline ...

    Authors: Andreas Benke, Claude Urbany, Johanna Marsian, Rongli Shi, Nicolaus von Wirén and Benjamin Stich
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:12
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  46. Solanum lycopersicum or tomato is extensively studied with respect to the ethylene metabolism during climacteric ripening, focusing almost exclusively on fruit pericarp. In this work the ethylene biosynthesis pat...

    Authors: Bram Van de Poel, Nick Vandenzavel, Cindy Smet, Toon Nicolay, Inge Bulens, Ifigeneia Mellidou, Sandy Vandoninck, Maarten LATM Hertog, Rita Derua, Stijn Spaepen, Jos Vanderleyden, Etienne Waelkens, Maurice P De Proft, Bart M Nicolai and Annemie H Geeraerd
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:11
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  47. Rust diseases are of major importance in wheat production worldwide. With the constant evolution of new rust strains and their adaptation to higher temperatures, consistent and durable disease resistance is a ...

    Authors: Ruth R M Bryant, Graham R D McGrann, Alice R Mitchell, Henk-jan Schoonbeek, Lesley A Boyd, Cristobal Uauy, Steve Dorling and Christopher J Ridout
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:10
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  48. Canola (Brassica napus L.) is one of the most important oil-producing crops in China and worldwide. The yield and quality of canola is frequently threatened by environmental stresses including drought, cold and h...

    Authors: Hanfeng Zhang, Bo Yang, Wu-Zhen Liu, Hongwei Li, Lei Wang, Boya Wang, Min Deng, Wanwan Liang, Michael K Deyholos and Yuan-Qing Jiang
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:8
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  49. Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) is the most important Mediterranean fruit crop, used to produce both wine and spirits as well as table grape and raisins. Wine and table grape cultivars represent two divergent germp...

    Authors: Alex Di Genova, Andrea Miyasaka Almeida, Claudia Muñoz-Espinoza, Paula Vizoso, Dante Travisany, Carol Moraga, Manuel Pinto, Patricio Hinrichsen, Ariel Orellana and Alejandro Maass
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:7
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  50. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are ubiquitous components of endogenous plant transcriptome. miRNAs are small, single-stranded and ~21 nt long RNAs which regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level and are k...

    Authors: Nisha Lakhotia, Gopal Joshi, Ankur R Bhardwaj, Surekha Katiyar-Agarwal, Manu Agarwal, Arun Jagannath, Shailendra Goel and Amar Kumar
    Citation: BMC Plant Biology 2014 14:6
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