The numbers of individual mitochondrial DNA molecules and mitochondrial DNA nucleoids in yeast are co-regulated by the general amino acid control pathway

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 767-775

  MacAlpine, David M ^a   Perlman, Philip S ^a   Butow, Ronald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

General amino acid control; mtDNA; Nucleoid; Recombination; Yeast

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CELL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; OLIGOMER; REPETITIVE DNA;

AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA RECOMBINATION; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; YEAST;

NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034651699     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.4.767     Document Type: Article

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