Alternative polyadenylation and gene expression regulation in plants

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 445-458

  Xing, Denghui ^a   Li, Qingshun Quinn ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CPSF30 PROTEIN; FCA BETA PROTEIN; FCA GAMMA PROTEIN; FLC PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YTH1P PROTEIN; PLANT RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALGA; ALTERNATIVE POLYADENYLATION; COTTON; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; FLOWER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT GENOME; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ARABIDOPSIS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANTS; POLYADENYLATION; RNA 3' POLYADENYLATION SIGNALS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT;

EID: 79961040833     PISSN: 17577004     EISSN: 17577012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrna.59     Document Type: Review

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