U-richness is a defining feature of plant introns and may function as an intron recognition signal in maize

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 573-583

  Ko, Christopher H ^a   Brendel, Volker ^a   Taylor, Rebecca D ^a   Walbot, Virginia ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Base composition; Intron processing; U rich motif; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EXON; GENE SEQUENCING; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRON PROCESSING; INTRON RECOGNITION; INTRON; MUTAGENESIS; PLANT GENETICS; U RICH MOTIF; ZEA MAYS;

BASE COMPOSITION; EXONS; INTRONS; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE; URIDINE; ZEA MAYS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032032206     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005932620374     Document Type: Article

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