A nuclear mutation that affects the 3' processing of several mRNAs in Chlamydomonas chloroplasts

Plant Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 825-836

  Levy, Haim ^a   Kindle, Karen L ^b   Stern, David B ^a  

^a Boyce Thompson Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031426823     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.9.5.825     Document Type: Article

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