Protein import and routing systems of chloroplasts

Plant Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 557-570

  Keegstra, Kenneth ^a   Cline, Kenneth ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0033117218     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.4.557     Document Type: Article

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