The chloroplast outer envelope membrane: The edge of light and excitement

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1100-1111

  Inoue, Kentaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast envelope; Lipid biosynthesis; Outer membrane; Protein import; Putative solute channel

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; PLANT; PROTEIN;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 34547881919     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1672-9072.2007.00543.x     Document Type: Review

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