Conformational requirements of a recombinant ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase precursor for efficient binding to and import into isolated chloroplasts

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 192-197

  Ceccarelli, Eduardo A ^a   Krapp, Adriana R ^a   Serra, Esteban C ^a   Carrillo, Néstor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chloroplast protein import; Ferredoxin NADP+ reductase; Flavoprotein assembly; Precursor conformation

Indexed keywords

FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0029886070     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0192q.x     Document Type: Article

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