Alternative splicing in plants - coming of age

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 616-623

  Syed, Naeem H ^a   Kalyna, Maria ^b   Marquez, Yamile ^b   Barta, Andrea ^b   Brown, John W S ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONSENSE MEDIATED MRNA DECAY; PLANT; PLANT GENE; POLYPLOIDY; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; NONSENSE MEDIATED MRNA DECAY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; POLYPLOIDY; PROTEIN STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84866843094     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2012.06.001     Document Type: Review

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