The preprotein translocase of the inner mitochondrial membrane: Evolutionary conservation of targeting and assembly of Tim17

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 389-395

  Bömer, Ulf ^a   Rassow, Joachim ^a   Zufall, Nicole ^a   Pfanner, Nikolaus ^a   Meijer, Michiel ^b   Maarse, Ammy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Institute for Molecular Cell Biology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mitochondria; Protein transport; Tim17; Tim23

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN TARGETING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030569015     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0522     Document Type: Editorial

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