POR hits the road: Import and assembly of a plastid protein

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-7

  Aronsson, Henrik ^a   Sundqvist, Christer ^b   Dahlin, Clas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll biosynthesis; Chloroplasts; Membrane assembly; Protein translocation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPHYLL; CROSSLINKING;

PLASTID PROTEINS;

PROTEINS;

OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PLASTIDS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOCHLOROPHYLLIDE;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0037275907     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020795415631     Document Type: Short Survey

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