6 Biogenesis of the Thylakoid Membrane
Annual Plant Reviews book series, Volume 13: Plastids
Colin Robinson,
Alexandra Mant,
Colin Robinson
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL UK
Search for more papers by this authorAlexandra Mant
Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant Biology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
Search for more papers by this authorColin Robinson,
Alexandra Mant,
Colin Robinson
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL UK
Search for more papers by this authorAlexandra Mant
Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Plant Biology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 19 April 2018
This article was originally published in 2005 in Plastids, Volume 13 (ISBN 9781405118828) of the Annual Plant Reviews book series, this volume edited by Simon Geir Møller. The article was republished in Annual Plant Reviews online in April 2018.
Abstract
The sections in this article are
- Introduction
- Targeting of Thylakoid Lumen Proteins
- The Targeting of Thylakoid Membrane Proteins
- Biogenesis of the Thylakoid Membrane
- Biosynthesis of Chloroplast Lipids
- Thylakoid Biogenesis during Chloroplast Development
- Concluding Remarks
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