Inefficient reinitiation is responsible for upstream open reading frame-mediated translational repression of the maize R gene

Plant Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1733-1745

  Wang, Liangjiang ^a   Wessler, Susan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 0032191297     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.10.10.1733     Document Type: Article

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