Structural analysis of elements contributing to 5' splice site selection in plant pre-mRNA transcripts

Plant Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 971-980

  Egoavil, Cesar ^a   Marton, Heather A ^a   Baynton, Clair E ^a   McCullough, Andrew J ^a   Schuler, Mary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0031279984     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.12050971.x     Document Type: Article

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