Open AccessThe Import and Export Business in Plastids: Transport Processes across the Inner Envelope Membrane
Author(s) -
Karsten Fischer
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
plant physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.554
H-Index - 312
eISSN - 1532-2548
pISSN - 0032-0889
DOI - 10.1104/pp.110.170241
Subject(s) - plastid , envelope (radar) , membrane , biophysics , chemistry , biology , biochemistry , computer science , chloroplast , telecommunications , gene , radar
Plastids are the characteristic organelles of plant and algae cells and are, like mitochondria, of endosymbiontic origin. They can be traced back to a single cyanobacterial ancestor that was engulfed by a primitive protist about 1.5 billion years ago ([Yoon et al., 2004][1]). Higher plants possess
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