Arabidopsis intron mutations and pre-mRNA splicing

Plant Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 771-780

  Brown, John W S ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA PRECURSOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; CONFORMATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOME;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; SPLICEOSOMES;

ARABIDOPSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030295312     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1996.10050771.x     Document Type: Review

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