Solute transporters as connecting elements between cytosol and plastid stroma

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-253

  Weber, Andreas P M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cgt1; chlorophyll a b binding protein underexpressed1; cue1; cytosolic glucanotransferase1; DiT2; Glc; Glc 1 P; Glc 6 P; Glc 6 P phosphate translocator; glucose; glucose 1 phosphate; glucose 6 phosphate; glutamate malate translocator; GPT; Mal; MalP; maltose

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; DICARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER; MALTOSE; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE TRANSLOCATOR 1, ARABIDOPSIS; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER; TPT PROTEIN, PLANT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CYTOSOL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PLANT; PLASTID; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CYTOSOL; DICARBOXYLIC ACID TRANSPORTERS; MALTOSE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY; PENTOSEPHOSPHATES; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PLASTIDS;

EID: 2442480656     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2004.03.008     Document Type: Review

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