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Linkage mapping and expression analysis of miRNAs and their target genes during fiber development in cotton.
BMC genomics - 16 Oct 2013
Chen Xuemei, Gao Wenhui, Zhang Jinfa, Zhang Xianlong, Lin Zhongxu
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BACKGROUND: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, endogenously expressed, non-coding RNA molecules involved in gene transcription and expression that combine with specific mRNA site of target genes to inhibit protein synthesis or degrade mRNA. Since the first plant miRNA was reported in 2002, numerous new miRNAs and their targets have been discovered via high-throughput sequencing and computational approaches. However,...
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