A 1 -Megadalton translocation complex containing tic20 and tic21 mediates chloroplast protein import at the inner envelope membrane

Plant Cell

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1781-1797

  Kikuchi, Shingo ^a   Oishi, Maya ^a   Hirabayashi, Yoshino ^a   Lee, Dong Wook ^b   Hwang, Inhwan ^b   Nakai, Masato ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 70349229287     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.063552     Document Type: Article

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