A single nuclear locus is involved in both chloroplast RNA trans-splicing and 3' end processing

Plant Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 575-581

  Hahn, Daniela ^a   Nickelsen, Jörg ^a   Hackert, Anke ^a   Kück, Ulrich ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST RNA; EXON; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTANT; NORTHERN BLOTTING; RNA SPLICING;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 0031702847     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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