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Transit Peptide

Known as: Transit Domain, Transit Peptide Domain, Transit Sequence 
The N-terminal sequence of a protein that is required to direct the localization of a cytoplasmic protein to a subcellular membrane-bound organelle.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
The flanking regions of PsaD drive efficient gene expression in the nucleus of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Abstract. The nuclear gene PsaD encodes an abundant chloroplast protein located on the stromal side of the Photosystem I complex… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Organellar genes: why do they end up in the nucleus?
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Phytoene synthase from Narcissus pseudonarcissus: functional expression, galactolipid requirement, topological distribution in chromoplasts and induction during flowering.
A cDNA coding for the carotenoid biosynthetic enzyme phytoene synthase was cloned from a Narcissus pseudonarcissus flower cDNA… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
A novel, bipartite transit peptide targets OEP75 to the outer membrane of the chloroplastic envelope.
OEP75 is an outer envelope membrane component of the chloroplastic protein import apparatus and is synthesized in the cytoplasm… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Functional Domains of the Ferredoxin Transit Sequence Involved in Chloroplast Import (*)
In order to analyze the information content of a chloroplast transit sequence, we have constructed and analyzed by in vitro… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Molecular characterization and regulation of the rhizosphere-expressed genes rhiABCR that can influence nodulation by Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae
A group of four rhi (rhizosphere-expressed) genes from the symbiotic plasmid of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae has been… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
The Cu(II)-repressible plastidic cytochrome c. Cloning and sequence of a complementary DNA for the pre-apoprotein.
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Targeting of a foreign protein to chloroplasts by fusion to the transit peptide from the small subunit of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase
Chimaeric genes can be constructed which fuse the transit peptide of a small subunit of the chloroplast-located ribulose l,5… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Sequence of a genomic DNA clone for the small subunit of ribulose bis-phosphate carboxylase-oxygenase from tobacco.
We have cloned and sequenced a gene for the small subunit (SS) of ribulose bis-phosphate carboxylase-oxygenase from Nicotiana… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Nucleotide sequences of two pea cDNA clones encoding the small subunit of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase and the major chlorophyll a/b-binding thylakoid polypeptide.
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