Protein translocation into and across the chloroplastic envelope membranes

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 191-207

  Soll, J ^a   Tien, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chaperones; Chloroplastic envelope; Cyanobacteria; Membrane protein topology; Protein import

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSPORT; CHLOROPLAST; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0032168004     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-5298-3_10     Document Type: Article

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