Mechanism of protein targeting to the chlorarachniophyte plastids and the evolution of complex plastids with four membranes - A hypothesis

Botanica Acta

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 395-400

  Bodyl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chlorarachniophyta; Chromista; Endosymbiosis; Plastid evolution; Protein import

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLORARACHNIOPHYCEAE; CHROMISTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0030733819     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1997.tb00655.x     Document Type: Article

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