Primary transcriptome of barley chloroplasts: Numerous noncoding RNAs and the dominating role of the plastid-encoded RNA polymerase

Plant Cell

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-136

  Zhelyazkova, Petya ^a,b   Sharma, Cynthia M ^c   Förstner, Konrad U ^c   Liere, Karsten ^a   Vogel, Jörg ^c   Börnera, Thomas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE;

EID: 84857757047     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.111.089441     Document Type: Article

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