Unusual characteristics of amino-terminal and hydrophobic domains in nuclear-encoded thylakoid signal peptides

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 340-348

  Brink, Susanne ^a   Bogsch, Erik G ^a   Mant, Alexandra ^a   Robinson, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Protein transport; Signal peptide; Thylakoid

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SPINACH; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE;

CYANOBACTERIA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0030978698     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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