Targeting and translocation of proteins into the hydrogenosome of the protist Trichomonas: Similarities with mitochondrial protein import

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3484-3493

  Bradley, Peter J ^a   Lahti, Carol J ^a   Plumper, Evelyn ^a   Johnson, Patricia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogenosome; Organelle evolution; Protein translocation; Trichomonas

Indexed keywords

3 CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CELL PROTEIN; FERREDOXIN; HYDRAZONE DERIVATIVE; LEUCINE; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PYRUVIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL METABOLISM; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; GENE MUTATION; HYDROGENOSOME; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; ISOTOPE LABELING; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRICHOMONAS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALKYLATING AGENTS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBONYL CYANIDE M-CHLOROPHENYL HYDRAZONE; ETHYLMALEIMIDE; FERREDOXINS; IONOPHORES; LEUCINE; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TRICHOMONAS;

EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRICHOMONAS;

EID: 0031010331     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.12.3484     Document Type: Article

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