Unfolding of preproteins upon import into mitochondria

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 6497-6507

  Gaume, Brigitte ^a   Klaus, Christian ^a   Ungermann, Christian ^a   Guiard, Bernard ^b   Neupert, Walter ^a   Brunner, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Import; Mitochondria; Preprotein; Unfolding

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE (CYTOCHROME); PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0032538892     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.22.6497     Document Type: Article

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