A nuclear mutant of Arabidopsis with impaired stability on distinct transcripts of the plastid psbB, psbD/C, ndhH, and ndhC operons

Plant Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1193-1207

  Meurer, Jörg ^a   Berger, Anja ^a   Westhoff, Peter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0030199295     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.8.7.1193     Document Type: Article

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