The mitosome, a novel organelle related to mitochondria in the amitochondrial parasite Entamoeba histolytica

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1013-1021

  Tovar, Jorge ^a,b   Fischer, Anke ^a,c   Clark, C Graham ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHAPERONIN 60; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANELLES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0032988857     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01414.x     Document Type: Article

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