Two RNA binding proteins, HEN4 and HUA1 act in the processing of AGAMOUS pre-mRNA in Arabidopsis thaliana

Developmental Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-66

  Cheng, Yulan ^a   Kato, Naohiro ^b   Wang, Wenming ^a   Li, Junjie ^a   Chen, Xuemei ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN HEN4; PROTEIN HUA1; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL FATE; FLOWERING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; IN VITRO STUDY; MERISTEM; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0037239887     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1534-5807(02)00399-4     Document Type: Article

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