Polypyrimidine tract binding protein homologs from arabidopsis are key regulators of alternative splicing with implications in fundamental developmental processesW

Plant Cell

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4360-4375

  Rühl, Christina ^a   Stauffer, Eva ^a   Kahles, André ^b   Wagner, Gabriele ^a   Drechsel, Gabriele ^a   Rätsch, Gunnar ^b   Wachter, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84871894763     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.103622     Document Type: Article

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