Nucleus-encoded precursors to thylakoid lumen proteins of Euglena gracilis possess tripartite presequences

DNA Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-49

  Vacula, Rostislav ^a   Steiner, Jürgen M ^b   Krajcovic, Juraj ^a   Ebringer, Libor ^a   Löffelhardt, Wolfgang ^b  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Euglena gracilis; petJ; Protein import; psbO; Thylakoid lumen; Tripartite presequences

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME F; OXYGEN EVOLVING COMPLEX, 33 KDA PROTEIN; OXYGEN-EVOLVING COMPLEX, 33 KDA PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; EUGLENA GRACILIS; GENE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOCHROMES; CYTOCHROMES F; EUGLENA GRACILIS; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0033604935     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/6.1.45     Document Type: Article

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