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Fol. Biol. 2002, 48, 227-231

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2002048060227

Analysis of Transcription of Plant 7SL RNA Gene Variants in HeLa in Vitro Transcription System

L. Vrba1,2, Jaroslav Matoušek1

1Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
2University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Biological Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Received September 2002
Accepted October 2002

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