A new member of the psToc159 family contributes to distinct protein targeting pathways in pea chloroplasts

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Chang, WaiLing ^a,b,c   Soll, Jürgen ^a,b   Bölter, Bettina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science   (Germany)

^c Lysando GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Import; Pea; Receptor protein; Targeting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902296731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00239     Document Type: Article

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