Did the mitochondrial processing peptidase evolve from a eubacterial regulator of gene expression? [1]

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 198-201

  Bolhuis, Albert ^a   Koetje, Emmo ^a   Dubois, Jean Yves ^a   Vehmaanperä, Jari ^b,c   Venema, Gerard ^a   Bron, Sierd ^a   Van Dijl, Jan Maarten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Alko Inc   (Finland)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Gene regulation; Mitochondrial processing peptidase; Subtilisin

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; PEPTIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; EUBACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENOME; LETTER; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033955444     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026232     Document Type: Letter

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