Oligomeric proteins containing N-terminal targeting signals are imported into peroxisomes in transgenic Arabidopsis

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 586-591

  Kato, Akira ^a,b   Hayashi, Makoto ^a   Nishimura, Mikio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Oligomeric proteins; Peroxisomes; Protein import; Targeting signal; Glucuronidase

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHIMERA; CITRATE SYNTHASE; CYTOSOL; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DIMERIZATION; HYBRID; MOLECULAR SIZE; OLIGOMER; PEROXISOME; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0033150244     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029581     Document Type: Article

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