Characterization of Genes Encoding Poly(A) Polymerases in Plants: Evidence for Duplication and Functional Specialization

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Meeks, Lisa R ^a,b   Addepalli, Balasubrahmanyam ^a,c   Hunt, Arthur G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b University of Cincinnati ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BRYOPSIDA; CELL LINEAGE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CYTOPLASM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; POLLEN; RICE; SELAGINELLACEAE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRYOPSIDA; CELL LINEAGE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CYTOPLASM; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; ORYZA SATIVA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; POLLEN; POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; SELAGINELLACEAE;

EID: 77951210264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008082     Document Type: Article

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