A model for the evolution of the plastid sec apparatus inferred from secY gene phylogeny

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 685-692

  Vogel, Heiko ^a   Fischer, Sabine ^a   Valentin, Klaus ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

evolution; protein transport; sec apparatus; secA; secY; thylakoid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030294630     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00020209     Document Type: Article

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