Two uncoupling protein genes of rice (Oryza sativa L.): Molecular study reveals the defects in the pre-mRNA processing for the heat-generating proteins of the subtropical cereal

Planta

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 90-100

  Watanabe, Akio ^a,b   Hirai, Atsushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative oxidase; Low temperature; Mitochondrion; Oryza (cold tolerance); Splicing Uncoupling protein

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DNA; GENES; PROTEINS; RNA;

UNCOUPLING PROTEINS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; COLD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ORYZA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0036927961     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-001-0714-0     Document Type: Article

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