Plant tubulin intronics

Cell Biology International

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 571-573

  Breviario, Diego ^a   Gianì, Silvia ^a   Ponzoni, Elena ^a   Mastromauro, Francesco ^a   Morello, Laura ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Introns; Molecular markers; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLANT GENETICS; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; INTRONS; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TUBULIN;

EID: 43849084370     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellbi.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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