Retrotransposon insertion into the maize waxy gene results in tissue-specific RNA processing

Plant Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 967-978

  Marillonnet, Sylvestre ^a,b   Wessler, Susan R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0031154028     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.9.6.967     Document Type: Article

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