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Sugar is an endogenous cue for juvenile-to-adult phase transition in plants.
eLife - 26 Mar 2013
Yu Sha, Cao Li, Zhou Chuan-Miao, Zhang Tian-Qi, Lian Heng, Sun Yue, Wu Jianqiang, Huang Jirong, Wang Guodong, Wang Jia-Wei
Abstract excerpt
The transition from the juvenile to adult phase in plants is controlled by diverse exogenous and endogenous cues such as age, day length, light, nutrients, and temperature. Previous studies have shown that the gradual decline in microRNA156 (miR156) with age promotes the expression of adult traits. However, how age temporally regulates the abundance of miR156 is poorly understood. We show here that the expression...
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