Alternative splicing in plants: Directing traffic at the crossroads of adaptation and environmental stress

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 24, Issue , 2015, Pages 125-135

  Filichkin, Sergei ^a   Priest, Henry D ^b,c   Megraw, Molly ^a   Mockler, Todd C ^a,b,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT RNA;

ADAPTATION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RNA, PLANT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84925752409     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2015.02.008     Document Type: Review

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