Protein translocon at the Ambidopsis outer chloroplast membrane

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 629-635

  Hiltbrunner, A ^a   Bauer, J ^a   Alvarez Huerta, M ^a   Kessler, F ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Chloroplast; Genetics; Protein import

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; PISUM SATIVUM;

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHLOROPLASTS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035225734     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/bcb-79-5-629     Document Type: Article

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