Homologous protein import machineries in chloroplasts and cyanelles

Plant Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 646-652

  Steiner, Jürgen M ^b   Yusa, Fumie ^a,b   Pompe, Johannes A ^b   Löffelhardt, Wolfgang ^b  

^a MITSUBISHI KAGAKU INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Vienna Biocenter   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cyanelles; Cyanophora paradoxa; Endosymbiosis; Phenylalanine; Protein import; Transit peptide

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CELL MEMBRANES; GENES; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

CYANELLES; CYANOPHORA PARADOXA; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN IMPORT; TRANSIT PEPTIDE;

PROTEINS;

ALGAE; CELLS; GENES; MEMBRANES; PLASTIDS; PROTEINS;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOPHORA; CYANOPHORA PARADOXA; EMBRYOPHYTA; GLAUCOCYSTOPHYCEAE; PISUM SATIVUM; RHODOPHYTA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

ALGAL DNA; ALGAL PROTEIN; ENZYME PRECURSOR; FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; PRE FERREDOXIN NADP OXIDOREDUCTASE; PRE-FERREDOXIN-NADP-OXIDOREDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLOROPLAST; CYANOPHORA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLOROPLASTS; CYANOPHORA; DNA, ALGAL; ENZYME PRECURSORS; FERREDOXIN-NADP REDUCTASE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANELLES; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 33644669761     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2005.02559.x     Document Type: Article

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