The cell biology of tetrapyrroles: A life and death struggle

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 488-498

  Mochizuki, Nobuyoshi ^a   Tanaka, Ryouichi ^b   Grimm, Bernhard ^c   Masuda, Tatsuru ^d   Moulin, Michael ^e   Smith, Alison G ^e   Tanaka, Ayumi ^b   Terry, Matthew J ^f  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; TETRAPYRROLE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMAL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLASTID; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; HUMANS; PLANTS; PLASTIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; TETRAPYRROLES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 77956480458     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2010.05.012     Document Type: Review

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