Processing of a dicistronic tRNA-snoRNA precursor: Combined analysis in vitro and in vivo reveals alternate pathways and coupling to assembly of snoRNP

Plant Physiology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1598-1610

  Barbezier, Nicolas ^a,c   Canino, Giusy ^b   Rodor, Julie ^a   Jobet, Edouard ^a   Saez Vasquez, Julio ^a   Marchfelder, Anita ^b   Echeverría, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 67650100790     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.137968     Document Type: Article

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