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Biogenesis, action and biological functions of an Arabidopsis 5′ tRF, 5′ tsR-Ala

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31991184, 32171284, 31770874, 31788103, and 32070629), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2020YFA0509900), and the State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, China.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    Chunyan Liu & Xiaofeng Cao

  2. State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China

    Bo Cao

  3. Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    Xiaofeng Cao

  4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Xiaofeng Cao

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Liu, C., Cao, B. & Cao, X. Biogenesis, action and biological functions of an Arabidopsis 5′ tRF, 5′ tsR-Ala. Sci. China Life Sci. 65, 1050–1052 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-021-2053-4

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