Polyadenylation accelerates degradation of chloroplast mRNA

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 7137-7146

  Kudla, Jörg ^a   Hayes, Robert ^b   Gruissem, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast gene expression; mRNA degradation; mRNA stability; Poly(A) polymerase; Polyadenylation

Indexed keywords

EXORIBONUCLEASE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEASE; POLYADENYLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PLASTID; POLYADENYLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030468099     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb01105.x     Document Type: Article

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