The metabolite transporters of the plastid envelope: An update

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2011, Pages

  Facchinelli, Fabio ^a   Weber, Andreas P M ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endosymbiosis; Envelope membrane; Translocator

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873094054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2011.00050     Document Type: Article

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