Protein import into chloroplasts

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 198-208

  Soll, Jürgen ^a   Schleiff, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOSOL; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPLASTS; CYTOSOL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEAS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1542374116     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm1333     Document Type: Review

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