Ribonuclease II preserves chloroplast RNA homeostasis by increasing mRNA decay rates, and cooperates with polynucleotide phosphorylase in 3′ end maturation

Plant Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 960-971

  Germain, Arnaud ^a   Kim, Sang Hu ^a   Gutierrez, Ryan ^a   Stern, David B ^a  

^a Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinomycin D; Chloroplast; PNPase; Ribonuclease; RNase II; RNase R

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCIN D; CHLOROPLAST; PNPASE; RIBONUCLEASE; RNASE II; RNASE R;

CHLOROPHYLL; DECAY (ORGANIC); ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NUCLEOTIDES; PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA;

RNA; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CHLOROPLAST RNA; EXORIBONUCLEASE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIBONUCLEASE R; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNR1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHLOROPLAST; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HALF LIFE TIME; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; RNA STABILITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPLASTS; EXORIBONUCLEASES; HALF-LIFE; HOMEOSTASIS; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES; RNA STABILITY; RNA, CHLOROPLAST; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 84871943347     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12006     Document Type: Article

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