RNA editing sites exist in protein-coding genes in the chloroplast genome of Cycas taitungensis

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 961-970

  Chen, Haiyan ^a   Deng, Likun ^a   Jiang, Yuan ^a   Lu, Ping ^a   Yu, Jianing ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chloroplasts; Cycas taitungensis; Ndh genes; Post transcriptional modification; RNA editing; Transcripts

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID; CHLOROPLAST; GENOME; MITOCHONDRION; PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHLOROPLAST GENE; CHLOROPLAST GENOME; CYCAS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT GENE; RNA EDITING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACIDS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYCAS; GENES, CHLOROPLAST; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, CHLOROPLAST; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OPEN READING FRAMES; RNA EDITING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 83755206004     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2011.01082.x     Document Type: Article

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