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Identification of a receptor for protein import into chloroplasts and its localization to envelope contact zones

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An anti-idiotypic antibody approach was used to identify an integral membrane protein of the chloroplast envelope as a receptor for protein import into the chloroplast stroma. The import receptor is found in contact sites between the outer and inner membrane of the chloroplast envelope.

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    Debkumar Pain, Yashpal S. Kanwar & Günter Blobel

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Pain, D., Kanwar, Y. & Blobel, G. Identification of a receptor for protein import into chloroplasts and its localization to envelope contact zones. Nature 331, 232–237 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/331232a0

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