Highly divergent amino termini of the homologous human ALR and yeast scERV1 gene products define species specific differences in cellular localization

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 349-356

  Hofhaus, Götz ^a   Stein, Georg ^a   Polimeno, Lorenzo ^b   Francavilla, Antonio ^b   Lisowsky, Thomas ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

ALR scERV1 gene; Cellular localization; Human cell cultures; Mitochondria; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; LIVER REGENERATION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; YEAST CELL;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032986628     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0171-9335(99)80069-7     Document Type: Article

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