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Identification and comparative analysis of drought-associated microRNAs in two cowpea genotypes.
BMC plant biology - 17 Sept 2011
Barrera-Figueroa Blanca E, Gao Lei, Diop Ndeye N, Wu Zhigang, Ehlers Jeffrey D, Roberts Philip A, Close Timothy J, Zhu Jian-Kang, Liu Renyi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is an important crop in arid and semi-arid regions and is a good model for studying drought tolerance. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are known to play critical roles in plant stress responses, but drought-associated miRNAs have not been identified in cowpea. In addition, it is not understood how miRNAs might contribute to different capacities of drought tolerance in different cowpea...
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