Interactions between introns via exon definition in plant pre-mRNA splicing

Plant Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 293-302

  Simpson, Craig G ^a   Clark, Gillian P ^a   Lyon, Jackie M ^a   Watters, Jenny ^a   McQuade, Clare ^a   Brown, John W S ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXON; INTRON; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT GENETICS; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 0033037869     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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