Molecular cloning of the maize gene crp1 reveals similarity between regulators of mitochondrial and chloroplast gene expression

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2621-2630

  Fisk, Dianna G ^a   Walker, Macie B ^a   Barkan, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Mitochondrial; Mutator; RNA processing; Translational control

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CHLOROPLAST DNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PLANT DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAIZE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATOR GENE; RNA METABOLISM; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CHLOROPLASTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; CYTOCHROME B6F COMPLEX; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033522445     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.9.2621     Document Type: Article

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