Nuclear import of proteins: Putative import factors and development of in vitro import systems in higher plants

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 458-464

  Merkle, Thomas ^a   Nagy, Ferenc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

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EMBRYOPHYTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030668447     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(97)01140-0     Document Type: Review

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