Structure and expression of several bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) nuclear transfer RNA genes: Relevance to the process of tRNA import into plant mitochondria

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 613-625

  Ramamonjisoa, Daniel ^a   Kauffmann, Sabine ^a   Choisne, Nathalie ^b   Maréchal Drouard, Laurence ^a   Green, Gaynor ^a   Wintz, Henri ^a   Small, Ian ^b   Dietrich, André ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Identity determinants; Mitochondria; Nuclear genome; Plant; TRNA genes; TRNA import

Indexed keywords

ANTICODON; BEAN; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; IN VIVO STUDY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; PLANT GENETICS; RNA ANALYSIS; TRANSFER RNA;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FABACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RNA, TRANSFER; RNA, TRANSFER, LEU; RNA, TRANSFER, PRO; RNA, TRANSFER, THR;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0032031418     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005972023506     Document Type: Article

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