The chloroplast protein import machinery: A review

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 390, Issue , 2007, Pages 179-193

  Hörmann, Friederike ^a   Soll, Jürgen ^a   Bölter, Bettina ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Chloroplasts; In vitro import; Localization; Protein targeting; Toc Tic; Translocation machinery

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHLOROPLAST; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CHLOROPLASTS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 36549082915     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1385/1-59745-466-4:179     Document Type: Article

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