The Tom channel in the mitochondrial outer membrane: Alive and kicking

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-4

  Bains, Gabrielle ^a   Lithgow, Trevor ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033043742     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199901)21:1<1::AID-BIES1>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Review

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