Multi-functional roles for the polypeptide transport associated domains of Toc75 in chloroplast protein import

eLife

Volumn 5, Issue MARCH2016, 2016, Pages

  Paila, Yamuna D ^a   Richardson, Lynn G L ^a   Inoue, Hitoshi ^a   Parks, Elizabeth S ^a   McMahon, James ^a   Inoue, Kentaro ^b   Schnell, Danny J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN TRANSLOCASE; TOC75; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; TOC75 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANELLE BIOGENESIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ARABIDOPSIS; CHLOROPLAST; METABOLISM; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPLASTS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN DOMAINS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84962286485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.12631     Document Type: Article

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