Presence of a member of the mitochondrial carrier family in hydrogenosomes: Conservation of membrane-targeting pathways between hydrogenosomes and mitochondria

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2488-2497

  Dyall, Sabrina D ^a   Koehler, Carla M ^a   Delgadillo Correa, Maria G ^a   Bradley, Peter J ^a   Plümper, Evelyn ^a   Leuenberger, Danielle ^a   Turck, Christoph W ^b   Johnson, Patricia J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN HMP31; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL ADP, ATP TRANSLOCASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0034023895     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.7.2488-2497.2000     Document Type: Article

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