The same Arabidopsis gene encodes both cytosolic and mitochondrial alanyl-tRNA synthetases

Plant Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1027-1039

  Mireau, Hakim ^a   Lancelin, Dominique ^a   Small, Lan D ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030175064     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.8.6.1027     Document Type: Article

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