Group II intron splicing factors in plant mitochondria

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Brown, Gregory G ^a   des Francs Small, Catherine Colas ^b   Ostersetzer Biran, Oren ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Group II intron; Maturase; Mitochondria; Plant; Respiration; Splicing; Splicing factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901047146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00035     Document Type: Review

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