Translational control of endogenous and receded nuclear genes in yeast mitochondria: Regulation and membrane targeting

Experientia

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1130-1135

  Fox, T D ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Mitochondria; mRNA specific translational activation; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Synthetic genes

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SYNTHETIC DNA;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSLATION REGULATION; YEAST;

CELL NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, REPORTER; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030467551     PISSN: 00144754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01952112     Document Type: Article

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