Protein trafficking to the complex chloroplasts of Euglena

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 390, Issue , 2007, Pages 219-237

  Vacula, Rostislav ^a   Sláviková, Silvia ^a   Schwartzbach, Steven D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Chloroplast protein trafficking; Chloroplast purification; Complex chloroplasts; Euglena; Intracellular localization; Pulse chase; Secondary plastids; Subcellular fractionation

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHLOROPLAST; EUGLENA; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHLOROPLASTS; EUGLENA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EUGLENA;

EID: 36549035291     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1385/1-59745-466-4:219     Document Type: Article

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