The PAC protein affects the maturation of specific chloroplast mRNAs in Arabidopsis thaliana

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 342-351

  Meurer, J ^a,c   Grevelding, C ^a   Westhoff, P ^a   Reiss, B ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Chloroplast mRNA maturation; Green fluorescent protein (GFP); pac

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPLASTS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASTIDS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031839889     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050740     Document Type: Article

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