The TOM core complex: The general protein import pore of the outer membrane of mitochondria

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 959-968

  Ahting, Uwe ^a   Thun, Clemens ^a   Hegerl, Reiner ^b   Typke, Dieter ^b   Nargang, Frank E ^c   Neupert, Walter ^a   Nussberger, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electron tomography; Mitochondria; Protein targeting; Protein translocation channel; TOM complex

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

CARRIER PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0033615958     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.147.5.959     Document Type: Article

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