The chloroplast protein import apparatus, its components, and their roles

Plant Cell Monographs

Volumn 13, Issue , 2009, Pages 89-124

  Aronsson, H ^a   Jarvis, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 57749113022     PISSN: 18611370     EISSN: 18611362     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-68696-5_3     Document Type: Article

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