Protein targeting to the thylakoid membrane

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 49, Issue , 1998, Pages 97-126

  Schnell, Danny J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choroplast; Organelle biogenesis; Protein translocation; Signal peptide; Transit sequence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031788952     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.49.1.97     Document Type: Article

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