A new in vitro translation system for non-radioactive assay from tobacco chloroplasts: Effect of pre-mRNA processing on translation in vitro

Plant Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 367-376

  Yukawa, Maki ^a   Kuroda, Hiroshi ^a   Sugiura, Masahiro ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUGIYAMA JOGAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Green fluorescent protein; In vitro translation; RNA processing; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NUCLEIC ACIDS; TOBACCO;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IN VITRO TRANSLATION; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; RNA PROCESSING;

BIOASSAY;

CHLOROPLAST RNA; PLANT RNA; RNA PRECURSOR;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHLOROPLAST; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA PROCESSING; TOBACCO;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; CHLOROPLASTS; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, CHLOROPLAST; RNA, PLANT; TOBACCO;

BIOLOGICAL TESTS; CHLOROPHYLLS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLASTIDS; TOBACCO;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33846065241     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02948.x     Document Type: Article

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