Multiple regions of the Arabidopsis SAUR-AC1 gene control transcript abundance: The 3′ untranslated region functions as an mRNA instability determinant

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1678-1686

  Gil, Pedro ^a,b   Green, Pamela J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Auxin; mRNA stability; SAUR

Indexed keywords

AUXIN; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; TETRACYCLINE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INDUCTION; HALF LIFE TIME; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; RECOMBINANT GENE; RNA DEGRADATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DRUG STABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0030007388     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00513.x     Document Type: Article

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