In vivo transport of folded EGFP by the ΔpH/TAT-dependent pathway in chloroplasts of Arabidopsis thaliana

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 403, 2004, Pages 1697-1706

  Marques, João Pedro ^a   Schattet, Martin Hartmut ^a   Hause, Gerd ^b   Dudeck, Ingrid ^a   Klösgen, Ralf Bernd ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

pH TAT pathway; Chloroplast; Green fluorescent protein (GFP); Protein transport; Thylakoid membrane

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELLS; IMMUNOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

CHLOROPLAST; PROTEIN GRADIENT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYLAKOID; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTON-MOTIVE FORCE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYLAKOIDS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 4043075625     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh191     Document Type: Article

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