Molecular mechanisms of cytochrome c biogenesis: Three distinct systems

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 383-396

  Kranz, Robert ^a   Lill, Roland ^b   Goldman, Barry ^a   Bonnard, Géraldine ^c   Merchant, Sabeeha ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; HEME; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIUM; BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHLOROPLAST; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; INVERTEBRATE; MICROBIOLOGY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; THYLAKOID MEMBRANE; VERTEBRATE;

APOPROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLOROPLASTS; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; CYTOCHROMES C; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HEME; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROKARYOTIC CELLS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; PROKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031875674     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00869.x     Document Type: Review

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