Mitochondrial type iron-sulfur cluster assembly in the amitochondriate eukaryotes Trichomonas vaginalis and Giardia intestinalis, as indicated by the phylogeny of IscS

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1919-1928

  Tachezy, Jan ^a,b   Sánchez, Lidya B ^b   Müller, Miklós ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Giardia intestinalis; Hydrogenosome; Iron sulfur cluster; IscS; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; HYDROGENASE; IRON; NITROGENASE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; SULFUR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; GENE ISOLATION; GIARDIA; MITOCHONDRION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TARGETING; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ARCHEZOA; EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0034804608     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003732     Document Type: Article

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