A chromodomain protein encoded by the Arabidopsis CAO gene is a plant-specific component of the chloroplast signal recognition particle pathway that is involved in LHCP targeting

Plant Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-99

  Klimyuk, Victor I ^a   Persello Cartieaux, Fabienne ^b   Havaux, Michel ^b   Contard David, Pascale ^b   Schuenemann, Danja ^c   Meiherhoff, Karin ^d   Gouet, Patrice ^e   Jones, Jonathan D G ^a   Hoffman, Neil E ^c   Nussaume, Laurent ^b  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b IRFM   (France)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL BINDING PROTEIN; CHLOROPLAST; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLANT GENETICS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSPOSON TAGGING;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 6544282660     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.1.87     Document Type: Article

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