Protein import into chloroplasts: New aspects of a well-known topic

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 388, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 765-772

  Stengel, Anna ^a   Soll, Jürgen ^a   Bölter, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chloroplasts; Protein import; Redox mechanisms; Regulation; Tic; Toc

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE PROTEIN; PARAPROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; TIC PROTEIN; TOC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOSOL; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; STROMA;

CHLOROPLASTS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 34547549210     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2007.099     Document Type: Review

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