Characterization of the translocon of the outer envelope of chloroplasts

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 541-551

  Schleiff, Enrico ^a   Soll, Jürgen ^a   Küchler, Michael ^a   Kühlbrandt, Werner ^b   Harrer, Roswitha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex composition; Complex structure; Membrane complex purification; Preprotein recognition; Protein translocation

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CHLOROPLAST PROTEIN; DIGALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCERIDE; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; TRANSLOCON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPLASTS; GALACTOLIPIDS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; LIPIDS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0037450662     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200210060     Document Type: Article

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