The chloroplastic protein import machinery contains a Rieske-type iron-sulfur cluster and a mononuclear iron-binding protein

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 7342-7350

  Caliebe, Alexander ^a   Grimm, Rudolf ^b   Kaiser, Gesche ^a   Lübeck, Jens ^a   Soll, Jürgen ^a   Heins, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Hewlett Packard GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIETHYL PYROCARBONATE; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHLOROPLASTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIETHYL PYROCARBONATE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX III; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEAS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFERRIN-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0031463305     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.24.7342     Document Type: Article

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