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Review
. 2014 Dec:22:77-85.
doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2014.09.007. Epub 2014 Oct 2.

mRNA-based protein targeting to the endoplasmic reticulum and chloroplasts in plant cells

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mRNA-based protein targeting to the endoplasmic reticulum and chloroplasts in plant cells

Li Tian et al. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2014 Dec.

Abstract

The targeting of proteins to subcellular organelles is specified by the presence of signal/leader peptide sequences normally located on the N-terminus. In the past two decades, messenger RNA (mRNA) localization, a pathway driven by cis-acting localization elements within the RNA sequence, has emerged as an alternative mechanism for protein targeting to specific locations in the cytoplasm, on the endoplasmic reticulum or to mitochondria and chloroplasts. In this review, we will summarize studies on mRNA-based protein targeting to the endoplasmic reticulum and chloroplast within plant cells.

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