The transport machinery for the import of preproteins across the outer mitochondrial membrane

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-21

  Ryan, Michael T ^a   Wagner, Richard ^b   Pfanner, Nikolaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogenesis; Mitochondria; Protein import; TOM; Translocation

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHANNEL GATING; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTOR BINDING;

EID: 0033988542     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(99)00114-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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