Function of the stromal processing peptidase in the chloroplast import pathway

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 362-368

  Richter, Stefan ^a,b   Zhong, Rong ^a   Lamppa, Gayle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Integrated Genomics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; ZINC;

CHLOROPLAST BIOGENESIS; CYTOSOL; EUKARYOTES; STROMAL PROCESSING PEPTIDASE (SPP);

ENZYMES;

CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 17444411971     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2005.00476.x     Document Type: Review

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