Intron-specific stimulation of anaerobic gene expression and splicing efficiency in maize cells

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 252-258

  Köhler, Uwe ^a   Donath, Michael ^a,b   Mendel, Ralf R ^a   Cerff, Rüdiger ^a   Hehl, Reinhard ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaerobiosis; Glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate dehydrogenase; Introns; Transient gene expression; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INDUCTION; INTRON; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; RNA SPLICING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0029893038     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02172925     Document Type: Article

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