Identification of essential subunits in the plastid-encoded RNA polymerase complex reveals building Blocks for Proper plastid development

Plant Physiology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1043-1055

  Steiner, Sebastian ^a   Schröter, Yvonne ^a   Pfalz, Jeannette ^a   Pfannschmidt, Thomas ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 80455173584     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.184515     Document Type: Article

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