Both RNA editing and RNA cleavage are required for translation of tobacco chloroplast ndhD mRNA: A possible regulatory mechanism for the expression of a chloroplast operon consisting of functionally unrelated genes

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 6804-6811

  Hirose, Tetsuro ^a   Sugiura, Masahiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; RNA cleavage; RNA editing; RNA RNA interaction; Translation

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST RNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HIGHER PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA EDITING; RNA TRANSLATION; START CODON; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0030729775     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.22.6804     Document Type: Article

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