Energetics of protein transport across biological membranes: A study of the thylakoid ΔpH-dependent/cpTat pathway

Cell

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 231-242

  Alder, Nathan N ^a,b   Theg, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTON; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY COST; ENERGY TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; THYLAKOID;

EID: 0037462475     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(03)00032-1     Document Type: Article

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