Multiple sequence motifs in the rubisco small subunit transit peptide independently contribute to Toc159-dependent import of proteins into chloroplasts

Plant Physiology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-141

  Lee, Dong Wook ^a   Lee, Sumin ^a   Oh, Young Jun ^a   Hwang, Inhwan ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ISOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; RIBULOSE 1,5 BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE SMALL SUBUNIT; RIBULOSE-1,5-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE SMALL-SUBUNIT; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; TOC159 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

EID: 70349225929     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.140673     Document Type: Article

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