The Arabidopsis AUX1 gene: A model system to study mRNA processing in plants

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 463-471

  Marchant, Alan ^a   Bennett, Malcolm J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; AUX1; Auxin; mRNA stability; Nonsense mediated mRNA degradation; Splicing

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; AUX1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MESSENGER RNA; MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; PHYTOHORMONE; RNA PRECURSOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RNA SPLICING; X RAY;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ETHYL METHANESULFONATE; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; X-RAYS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032005083     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005961303167     Document Type: Article

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