GFP-labelled Rubisco and aspartate aminotransferase are present in plastid stromules and traffic between plastids

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 397, 2004, Pages 595-604

  Kwok, Ernest Y ^a   Hanson, Maureen R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspartate aminotransferase; Chloroplast; FRAP; Photobleaching; Plastid; Protein trafficking; Rubisco; Stromule

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

PHOTOBLEACHING; PLASTIDS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLASTID; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPOCOTYL; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 1542544600     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh062     Document Type: Article

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