Premature termination codons destabilize ferredoxin-1 mRNA when ferredoxin-1 is translated

Plant Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 563-569

  Petracek, Marie E ^a,b   Nuygen, Tuyen ^a   Thompson, William F ^a   Dickey, Lynn F ^a,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Biolex Therapeutics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODON; FERREDOXIN 1; GENE INSERTION; LEAF TISSUE; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTIANA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; RNA TRANSLATION;

CELLS, CULTURED; CODON, TERMINATOR; FERREDOXINS; MUTATION; PEAS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0033996462     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2000.00705.x     Document Type: Article

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