Plastid RNA polymerases

Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 661-674

  Lysenko, E A ^a   Kuznetsov, V V ^a  

^a TIMIRYAZEV INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Evolution; Gene expression; RNA polymerase; Transcription

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744540801     PISSN: 00268933     EISSN: 16083245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11008-005-0081-1     Document Type: Review

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