Transient expression of a mitochondrial precursor protein: A new approach to study mitochondrial protein import in cells of higher eukaryotes

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 288-294

  Huckriede, Anke ^a   Heikema, Astrid ^a   Wilschut, Jan ^a   Agsteribbe, Etienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mammalian cells; Mitochondria; Protein import; Semliki Forest virus; Transient transfection

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN BHK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FIBROBLAST; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOUSE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; TECHNIQUE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; ELECTROPORATION; HUMANS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSFECTION;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; RABBIT FIBROMA VIRUS; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS;

EID: 0029877873     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0288n.x     Document Type: Article

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