A novel aspartic proteinase is targeted to the secretory pathway and to the vacuole in the moss Physcomitrella patens

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 145-152

  Schaaf, Andreas ^a   Reski, Ralf ^a   Decker, Eva L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspartic protease; Confocal microscopy; Intracellular sorting; Physcomitrella patens; Signal peptide

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SECRETION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GOLGI COMPLEX; IN VIVO STUDY; MOSS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTOPLAST; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BRYOPHYTA; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 3543023301     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0171-9335-00371     Document Type: Article

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