Evolution of the general protein import pathway of plastids

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 73-86

  Reumann, Sigrun ^a   Inoue, Kentaro ^b   Keegstra, Kenneth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Endosymbiosis; Plastids; Protein transport; Red alga

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDASE; PROTEIN OMP85; PROTEIN TIC20; PROTEIN TIC22; PROTEIN TIC32; PROTEIN TIC40; PROTEIN TIC62; PROTEIN TOC159; PROTEIN TOC34; PROTEIN TOC64; PROTEIN TOC75; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOGENESIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

ALGAE; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 18844426261     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: 14645203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687860500041916     Document Type: Review

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