Transit peptide design and plastid import regulation

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 360-366

  Li, Hsou min ^a   Teng, Yi Shan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

developmental regulation; plastid; protein trafficking; transit peptide

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST PROTEIN; CHLOROPLAST TRANSIT PEPTIDES; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; PLASTID; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLOROPLAST PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASTIDS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84880789245     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2013.04.003     Document Type: Review

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