A single base change prevents import of cytosolic tRNAAla into mitochondria in transgenic plants

Plant Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 913-918

  Dietrich, André ^a   Maréchal Drouard, Laurence ^a   Carneiro, Vera ^b,c   Cosset, Anne ^a   Small, Ian ^b  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE TRANSFER RNA; AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; PLANT RNA;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CYTOSOL; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CYTOSOL; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, PLANT; RNA, TRANSFER, ALA; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0030295325     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1996.10050913.x     Document Type: Article

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