Homologous and heterologous protein import into mitochondria isolated from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 973-980

  Nurani, Ghasem ^a   Eriksson, Mats ^b   Knorpp, Carina ^a,d   Glaser, Elzbieta ^a   Franzén, Lars Gunnar ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Mitochondrial protein import; Precursor protein; Presequence; Protein processing; Protein targeting

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RIESKE IRON-SULFUR PROTEIN; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX III; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES;

EID: 0031472006     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005878614878     Document Type: Article

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