Mitochondrial orf107 transcription, editing, and nucleolytic cleavage conferred by the gene Rf3 are expressed in sorghum pollen

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-59

  Tang, H V ^a   Chen, W ^a   Pring, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic male sterility; Mitochondria; RNA editing; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032770673     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004970050171     Document Type: Article

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