A combinatorial role for exon, intron and splice site sequences in splicing in maize

Plant Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1253-1263

  Carle Urioste, Jose C ^a   Brendel, Volker ^a   Walbot, Virginia ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE LIBRARY;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; EXON; GENETICS; INTRON; MAIZE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; EXONS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; RNA SPLICING; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031171283     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.11061253.x     Document Type: Article

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