Targeting presequence acquisition after mitochondrial gene transfer to the nucleus occurs by duplication of existing targeting signals

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 6652-6661

  Kadowaki, Koh Ichi ^a   Kubo, Nakao ^a   Ozawa, Kazuhiro ^a   Hirai, Atsushi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

coxVb; Gene transfer; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial targeting signal; rps11

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HIGHER PLANT; LOWER PLANT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EDITING; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0029822746     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb01055.x     Document Type: Article

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