Immunogold labelling of cryosectioned pea chloroplasts and initial localization of the proteins associated with the protein import machinery

Planta

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-127

  Morin, Xenia K ^a,c   Soll, Jürgen ^b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Envelope proteins; Pisum; Protein import; Tokuyasu technique

Indexed keywords

PISUM; PISUM SATIVUM; SATIVUM;

EID: 0030966819     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01007696     Document Type: Article

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