Molecular characterization and phylogeny of U2AF35 homologs in plants

Plant Physiology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 624-636

  Wang, Bing Bing ^a   Brendel, Volker ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEINS; TISSUE;

ARABIDOPSIS; FLOWER; GLUCURONIDASE ASSAY; INTRONS; LEAF; PHYLOGENY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FARM CROPS; GENES; PLANT TISSUES; PLANTS; PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SPLICING FACTOR U2AF;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN MOTIF; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 33646828551     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.073858     Document Type: Article

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