Premature nonsense codons decrease the stability of phytohemagglutinin mRNA in a position-dependent manner

Plant Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 415-424

  Van Hoof, Ambro ^a   Green, Pamela J ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PLANT LECTIN; PLANT RNA;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; START CODON; STOP CODON; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL LINE; CODON, INITIATOR; CODON, NONSENSE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PLANT LECTINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0030238338     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.1996.10030415.x     Document Type: Article

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