Let's talk about... Chloroplast import

Plant Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Becker, T ^a   Qbadou, S ^a   Jelic, M ^a   Schleiff, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BOTANY;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOSOL; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CHLOROPLASTS; CYTOSOL; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 13844271673     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-830447     Document Type: Review

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