Hairpin turn: Micro-RNA plays role in wood formation

Monday, June 10, 2013 - 14:00 in Biology & Nature

For more than a decade, scientists have suspected that hairpin-shaped chains of micro-RNA regulate wood formation inside plant cells. Now, scientists at NC State University have found the first example and mapped out key relationships that control the process.

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