Topology of IEP110, a component of the chloroplastic protein import machinery present in the inner envelope membrane

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 4230-4238

  Lübeck, Jens ^a   Soll, Jürgen ^a   Akita, Mitsuru ^b   Nielsen, Erik ^b   Keegstra, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Envelope; Import; Pisum sativum L.; Precursor protein

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0029775088     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00797.x     Document Type: Article

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