Expression and functional analysis of Euglena gracilis chloroplast initiation factor 3

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 937-945

  Lin, Qiong ^a   Yu, Nan Jun ^a   Spremulli, Linda L ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

chloroplast; IF 3; initiation; organelle; protein synthesis; ribosome

Indexed keywords

EUGLENA GRACILIS;

EID: 0030461020     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00020490     Document Type: Article

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