Evolution from the prokaryotic to the higher plant chloroplast signal recognition particle: The signal recognition particle RNA is conserved in plastids of a wide range of photosynthetic organisms

Plant Cell

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4819-4836

  Träger, Chantal ^a   Rosenblad, Magnus Alm ^b   Ziehe, Dominik ^a   Garcia Petit, Christel ^b   Schrader, Lukas ^a   Kock, Klaus ^a   Richter, Christine Vera ^a   Klinkert, Birgit ^a   Narberhaus, Franz ^a   Herrmann, Christian ^a   Hofmann, Eckhard ^a   Aronsson, Henrik ^b   Schünemann, Danja ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 84873026672     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.102996     Document Type: Article

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