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A pentatricopeptide repeat protein facilitates the trans-splicing of the maize chloroplast rps12 pre-mRNA.
The Plant cell - 1 Oct 2006
Schmitz-Linneweber Christian, Williams-Carrier Rosalind E, Williams-Voelker Pascale M, Kroeger Tiffany S, Vichas Athea, Barkan Alice
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The pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) is a degenerate 35-amino acid repeat motif that is widely distributed among eukaryotes. Genetic, biochemical, and bioinformatic data suggest that many PPR proteins influence specific posttranscriptional steps in mitochondrial or chloroplast gene expression and that they may typically bind RNA. However, biological functions have been determined for only a few PPR proteins, and...
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