Clusters of multiple different small nucleolar RNA genes in plants are expressed as and processed from polycistronic pre-snoRNAs

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 5742-5751

  Leader, David J ^b   Clark, Gillian P ^b   Watters, Jenny ^b   Beven, Alison F ^a   Shaw, Peter J ^a   Brown, John W S ^b  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 O' ribose methylation; Box C D snoRNAs; Box H ACA snoRNAs; Polycistronic expression; RRNA processing

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

ARTICLE; CISTRON; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; GENE CLUSTER; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRON; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTOPLAST; RNA GENE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEOLUS; GENES, PLANT; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, TOXIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOBACCO; TRANSFECTION; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030749116     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.18.5742     Document Type: Article

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