Interactions across Exons Can Influence Splice Site Recognition in Plant Nuclei

Plant Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2295-2307

  McCullough, Andrew J ^a,b   Baynton, Clair E ^a   Schuler, Mary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

BETA CONGLYCININ PROTEIN, GLYCINE MAX; BETA-CONGLYCININ PROTEIN, GLYCINE MAX; GLOBULIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PLANT RNA; RNA PRECURSOR; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; SOYBEAN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; EXON; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; RNA SPLICING; TOBACCO;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; EXONS; GLOBULINS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, TOXIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, PLANT; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030344885     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.8.12.2295     Document Type: Article

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