The 5′ stem-loop and its role in mRNA stability in maize S cytoplasmic male sterility

Plant Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 864-872

  Xiao, Hailin ^a   Zhang, Fangdong ^a   Zheng, Yonglian ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic male sterility; Mitochondria; mRNA decay; Polyadenylation; Stem loop

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RNA;

CYTOPLASMIC MALE STERILITY; MRNA DECAY; POLYADENYLATION; STEM-LOOP;

CROPS;

CORN; GENES; MITOCHONDRIA; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

ZEA MAYS;

MESSENGER RNA; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOPLASM; DNA, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33748306024     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02838.x     Document Type: Article

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