Differential Transit Peptide Recognition during Preprotein Binding and Translocation into Flowering Plant Plastids

Plant Cell

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3040-3059

  Chotewutmontri, Prakitchai ^a   Reddick, L Evan ^a,b   Mcwilliams, David R ^a,b   Campbell, Ian M ^a   Bruce, Barry D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84865315555     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.098327     Document Type: Article

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