Protein-protein interactions visualized by bimolecular fluorescence complementation in tobacco protoplasts and leaves

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 85, 2014, Pages

  Schweiger, Regina ^a   Schwenkert, Serena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

BiFC; Chaperone; Chloroplasts; Endoplasmic reticulum; HSP90; Issue 85; Plant biology; Sec translocon; Tetratricopeptide repeat domain; Toc complex

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897444802     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51327     Document Type: Article

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