Splicing-independent processing of plant box C/D and box H/ACA small nucleolar RNAs

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1091-1100

  Leader, David J ^a,c   Clark, Gillian P ^a   Watters, Jennifer ^a   Beven, Alison F ^b   Shaw, Peter J ^b   Brown, John W S ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Box C D; Box H ACA; Intron; Processing; Small nucleolar RNA

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; MAIZE; RNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; YEAST;

BASE SEQUENCE; ENDONUCLEASES; GENES; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTOPLASTS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA SPLICING; RNA, PLANT; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; TOBACCO; TRANSFECTION; ZEA MAYS;

VERTEBRATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033121158     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006157022319     Document Type: Article

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