Correction: EAT1 transcription factor, a non-cell-autonomous regulator of pollen production, activates meiotic small RNA biogenesis in rice anther tapetum.
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC6402641 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
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Correction: EAT1 transcription factor, a non-cell-autonomous regulator of pollen production, activates meiotic small RNA biogenesis in rice anther tapetum.
Ono Seijiro S Liu Hua H Tsuda Katsutoshi K Fukai Eigo E Tanaka Keisuke K Sasaki Takuji T Nonomura Ken-Ichi KI
PLoS genetics 20190306 3
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007238.]. ...[more]
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