A DEAD box RNA helicase is critical for pre-mRNA splicing, cold-responsive gene regulation, and cold tolerance in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 342-356

  Guan, Qingmei ^a   Wu, Jianmin ^a,c   Zhang, Yanyan ^a,d   Jiang, Changhua ^a   Liu, Renyi ^b   Chai, Chenglin ^a   Zhu, Jianhua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANGHAI BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

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EID: 84874517844     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.108340     Document Type: Article

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