The post‐transcriptional regulation involved in the responses of diatoms to silicon is poorly understood. Using a poly(A)‐tag sequencing (
Alternative polyadenylation (
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10460135
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- The Plant Journal
- Volume:
- 98
- Issue:
- 2
- ISSN:
- 0960-7412
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 260-276
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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