The gateway to chloroplast: Re-defining the function of chloroplast receptor proteins

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 393, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1263-1277

  Chang, Wai Ling ^a   Soll, Jurgen ^a   Bolter, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Endosymbiosis; GTPase; Protein import; TIC complex; TOC complex

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CHLOROPLAST PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOGENESIS; CELL FUNCTION; CHLOROPLAST; COTYLEDON; CROSS LINKING; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID VESICLE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR DOCKING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPLASTS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 84869406456     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2012-0235     Document Type: Review

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