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In this chapter I shall discuss some of the main findings from our recent work on the isolation and characterization of complementary DNA clones for six nuclear—coded proteins of the spinach chloroplast ribosome. The clones encode the precursor forms of these proteins which are synthesized in the cytoplasm. From protein—chemical data the chloroplast targeting sequences were identified and, in some cases, the amino acid sequences of the mature proteins were confirmed. The results show that nuclear—coded proteins have certain features which could not have been predicted from the data on the complementary organelle—encoded ribosomal proteins.
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Subramanian, A.R. (1991). Nuclear-Coded Chloroplast r-Proteins, Precursor cDNA Clones and Transit Sequences. In: Mache, R., Stutz, E., Subramanian, A.R. (eds) The Translational Apparatus of Photosynthetic Organelles. NATO ASI Series, vol 55. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75145-5_8
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