A ribonuclease III domain protein functions in group II intron splicing in maize chloroplasts

Plant Cell

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2606-2623

  Watkins, Kenneth P ^a   Kroeger, Tiffany S ^a,c   Cooke, Amy M ^a   Williams Carrier, Rosalind E ^a   Friso, Giulia ^b   Belcher, Susan E ^a   Van Wijk, Klaas J ^b   Barkan, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYMES; GENES; IMMUNOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; RNA;

CHLOROPLAST GENOMES; COIMMUNOPRECIPITATE; MAIZE CHLOROPLASTS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS;

CROPS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 35348861922     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.107.053736     Document Type: Article

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