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Chloroplast RNA-binding proteins: repair and regulation of chloroplast transcripts.
RNA biology - 1 Jan 2000
Tillich Michael, Beick Susanne, Schmitz-Linneweber Christian
Abstract excerpt
Chloroplast RNA metabolism has greatly diverged from the cyanobacterial ancestral state. The number of processing sites per transcript has increased and novel processing steps not found in bacteria have been acquired. Whereas many of the processing steps are essential for chloroplast development, it is unclear why such steps evolved at all. In this article, two hypotheses seeking to explain the complexity of...
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