RNA structure and the regulation of gene expression

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 89-106

  Klaff, Petra ^a   Riesner, Detlev ^a   Steger, Gerhard ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

metastable structures; mRNA stability; RNA processing; structural motifs; translational efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030266993     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00039379     Document Type: Article

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