tRNAs and proteins are imported into mitochondria of Trypanosoma brucei by two distinct mechanisms

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2547-2557

  Nabholz, Christoph E ^a   Horn, Elke K ^a   Schneider, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MATRIX PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA TRANSPORT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0032807097     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.10.8.2547     Document Type: Article

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