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Discovery and comparative profiling of microRNAs in a sweet orange red-flesh mutant and its wild type.
BMC genomics - 17 Apr 2010
Xu Qiang, Liu Yuanlong, Zhu Andan, Wu Xiaomeng, Ye Junli, Yu Keqin, Guo Wenwu, Deng Xiuxin
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BACKGROUND: Red-flesh fruit is absent from common sweet orange varieties, but is more preferred by consumers due to its visual attraction and nutritional properties. Our previous researches on a spontaneous red-flesh mutant revealed that the trait is caused by lycopene accumulation and is regulated by both transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms. However, the knowledge on post-transcriptional...
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