Insertion of leader peptidase into the thylakoid membrane during synthesis in a chloroplast translation system

Plant Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1553-1564

  Houben, Edith ^a   De Gier, Jan Willem ^a   Van Wijk, Klaas Jan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032747993     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.8.1553     Document Type: Article

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