Mapping of 5′ and 3′-ends of sunflower mitochondrial nad6 mRNAs reveals a very complex transcription pattern which includes primary transcripts lacking 5′-UTR

Biochimie

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 924-932

  Placido, Antonio ^a   Regina, Teresa Maria ^b   Quagliariello, Carla ^b   Volpicella, Mariateresa ^a   Gallerani, Raffaele ^a,c   Ceci, Luigi Ruggiero ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Higher plants; Mitochondria; mtDNA; nad6; Sunflower

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; TYROSINE; MITOCHONDRIAL MESSENGER RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT GENETICS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEADY STATE; STOP CODON; SUNFLOWER; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; HELIANTHUS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, PLANT; HELIANTHUS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 65749096854     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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