Consevation of mitochondrial targeting sequence function in mitochondrial and hydrogenosomal proteins from the early-branching eukaryotes Crithidia, Trypanosoma and Trichomonas

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 240-251

  Häusler, Thomas ^a   Stierhof, York Dieter ^b   Blattner, Judith ^a   Clayton, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrogenosome; Mitochondrial biogenesis; Protein import

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; FUNGAL DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITHIDIA; FLAGELLATE; HYDROGENOSOME; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; YEAST; ANIMAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRITHIDIA; EUKARYOTA; KINETOPLASTIDA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRITHIDIA; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRYPANOSOMA; YEASTS;

EID: 0030612496     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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