Mutation of putative branchpoint consensus sequences in plant introns reduces splicing efficiency

Plant Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 369-380

  Simpson, Craig G ^a   Clark, Gillian ^a   Davidson, Diane ^a   Smith, Philip ^a   Brown, John W S ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

AMYLASE; PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA; PRIMER DNA; RNA PRECURSOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; RNA SPLICING; TOBACCO;

AMYLASES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PLANTS, TOXIC; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, PLANT; TOBACCO;

EID: 0030111219     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1996.09030369.x     Document Type: Article

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