Cloning and characterization of full-length mouse thymidine kinase 2: The N-terminal sequence directs import of the precursor protein into mitochondria

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 351, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 469-476

  Wang, L ^a   Eriksson, S ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DNA precursor; Mitochondrial; Nucleoside analogues; Nucleoside kinase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTIDINE; DEOXYURIDINE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; MESSENGER RNA; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE; THYMIDINE; THYMIDINE KINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DEOXYURIDINE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; HUMANS; KINETICS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; THYMIDINE; THYMIDINE KINASE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034667657     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3510469     Document Type: Article

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