Splicing of precursors to mRNA in higher plants: Mechanism, regulation and sub-nuclear organisation of the spliceosomal machinery

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-41

  Simpson, G G ^a,b   Filipowicz, W ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Arabidopsis thaliana; Coiled bodies; Interchromatin; Intron enhancement; Plant gene expression; Pre mRNA splicing; U snRNPs

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PLANT RNA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA PRECURSOR;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INTRON; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INTRONS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLANTS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 0030255869     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00039375     Document Type: Article

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