Positive charges determine the topology and functionality of the transmembrane domain in the chloroplastic outer envelope protein Toc34

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 895-904

  May, Timo ^a   Soll, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE PROTEIN; ENVELOPE PROTEIN TOC34; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLOROPLASTS; CYTOSOL; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; KINETICS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEAS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

EID: 0031782482     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.141.4.895     Document Type: Article

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