A nuclear-coded chloroplastic inner envelope membrane protein uses a soluble sorting intermediate upon import into the organelle

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1279-1286

  Lübeck, Jens ^a   Heins, Lisa ^a   Soll, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHLOROPLAST; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPLASTS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; ORGANELLES; PEPTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0030997010     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.137.6.1279     Document Type: Article

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