A first glimpse at the structure of the TOM translocase from the mitochondrial outer membrane

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 905-907

  Verschoor, Adriana ^a   Lithgow, Trevor ^b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIAL ADP, ATP TRANSLOCASES;

EID: 0033615980     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.147.5.905     Document Type: Short Survey

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