Blocking polyadenylation of mRNA in the chloroplast inhibits its degradation

Plant Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1173-1178

  Lisitsky, Irena ^a   Klaff, Petra ^b   Schuster, Gadi ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0031465234     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.12051173.x     Document Type: Article

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