Import Pathway of Nuclear-Encoded Cytochrome c Oxidase Subunit 2 Using Yeast as a Model

Plant Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 481-490

  Qualmann, S R ^a   Daley, D O ^b,c   Whelan, J ^b   Pratje, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cox2; Mitochondrial signal peptidases; Oxa1p; Protein transport; Soybean

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

GLYCINE MAX; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0345581683     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-44781     Document Type: Article

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