Assembly of two functionally-distinct protein import complexes in the outer membrane of plant chloroplasts (crosslinking data)
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ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis Thaliana (mouse-ear Cress)
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Vaishnavi Ravikumar
LAB HEAD: Marjorie Fournier
PROVIDER: PXD064453 | Pride | 2026-03-22
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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