Nucleus-encoded light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b proteins are imported normally into chlorophyll b-free chloroplasts of arabidopsis

Molecular Plant

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 860-871

  Nick, Sabine ^a   Meurer, Jörg ^a   Soll, Jürgen ^a   Ankele, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

cao 1; chloroplast import; LHCPs; photosynthesis.; protein complex assembly; thylakoid membranes

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84878266716     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/sss113     Document Type: Article

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