The ins and outs of editing and splicing of plastid RNAs: lessons from parasitic plants

New Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 256-266

  Tillich, Michael ^a   Krause, Kirsten ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE CODING; GENETIC INFORMATION; HIGHER PLANTS; IN-PLANTS; LAND PLANTS; LIFE STYLES; PARASITIC PLANTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS GENES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITY; PLASTID GENOMES; POINT MUTATIONS; RNA EDITING;

PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RNA;

GENE EXPRESSION;

PLANT RNA;

AUTOTROPHY; CHLOROPLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PARASITIC PLANT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GENOME; PLASTID; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA EDITING; RNA SPLICING;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; GENOME, PLASTID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PLASTIDS; RNA EDITING; RNA SPLICING; RNA, PLANT;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 77952882203     PISSN: 18716784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2010.02.020     Document Type: Review

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