Import of a DHFR hybrid protein into glycosomes in vivo is not inhibited by the folate-analogue aminopterin

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 311-324

  Häusler, Thomas ^a   Stierhof, York Dieter ^b   Wirtz, Elizabeth ^a,c   Clayton, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPTERIN; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; FOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE (CYTOCHROME); PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; SULFANILAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; THYMIDINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROSOME; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; YEAST;

EID: 0030034571     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.132.3.311     Document Type: Article

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