Mitochondrial protein import in plants: Signals, sorting, targeting, processing and regulation

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 311-338

  Glaser, Elzbieta ^a   Sjöling, Sara ^a   Tanudji, Marcel ^b   Whelan, James ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial processing peptidase; Molecular chaperones; Plant mitochondria; Processing peptidase; Protein import; Protein processing; Protein sorting; Regulation of protein import; Signal peptides

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL TRANSPORT; CHLOROPLAST; MITOCHONDRION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; PROTEIN TARGETING;

EID: 0032169540     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006020208140     Document Type: Article

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