Chloroplast SecE: Evidence for spontaneous insertion into the thylakoid membrane

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 293, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 747-752

  Steiner, Jürgen M ^a   Köcher, Thomas ^a   Nagy, Christine ^a   Löffelhardt, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Preprotein translocase; SecE; Spinach chloroplasts; Spontaneous pathway; Thylakoid insertion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARRIER PROTEIN; FTSY PROTEIN; NIGERICIN; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATASE; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE; SODIUM AZIDE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLOROPLAST; ENZYME INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPLASTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SPINACIA OLERACEA; THYLAKOIDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0036295303     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)00285-1     Document Type: Article

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