A peptide chain release factor 2 affects the stability of UGA-containing transcripts in Arabidopsis chloroplasts

Plant Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3255-3269

  Meurer, Jörg ^a   Lezhneva, Lina ^a   Amann, Katrin ^a   Gödel, Manfred ^a   Bezhani, Staver ^b   Sherameti, Irena ^b   Oelmüller, Ralf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; CHLOROPHYLL; CLONING; FLUORESCENCE; MUTAGENS;

INTRONS; PEPTIDES;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0036915322     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.006809     Document Type: Article

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