Inactivation of the Neurospora crassa mitochondrial outer membrane protein TOM70 by repeat-induced point mutation (RIP) causes defects in mitochondrial protein import and morphology

Current Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 137-146

  Grad, Leslie I ^a   Descheneau, Andrea T ^a   Neupert, Walter ^b   Lill, Roland ^c   Nargang, Frank E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mitochondria; Neurospora; Protein import; TOM70

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS MUTANT; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

CELL DIVISION; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; POINT MUTATION; TRYPSIN;

EID: 0032857837     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050483     Document Type: Article

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