Plastids and protein targeting

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 339-346

  McFadden, Geoffrey I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endosymbiosis; Intracellular gene transfer; Plastids; Protein targeting

Indexed keywords

ALGA; GENE TRANSFER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTID; PROTEIN TARGETING; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0033167259     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1999.tb04613.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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