Identification of RNA editing sites in chloroplast transcripts from the maternal and paternal progenitors of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum): Comparative analysis shows the involvement of distinct trans-factors for ndhB editing

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1028-1035

  Sasaki, Tadamasa ^a   Yukawa, Yasushi ^a   Miyamoto, Tetsuya ^b   Obokata, Junichi ^b   Sugiura, Masahiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; RNA editing; Tobacco; Trans factor; Transcript

Indexed keywords

RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HUMAN; LEAFY VEGETABLE; NDHB GENE; NDHD GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENETICS; RNA EDITING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TOBACCO;

CELL LINEAGE; CHLOROPLASTS; DIPLOIDY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA EDITING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA SYLVESTRIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; NICOTIANA TOMENTOSIFORMIS;

EID: 0038082064     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg098     Document Type: Article

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