Biogenesis of iron-sulphur clusters in amitochondriate and apicomplexan protists

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1207-1217

  Seeber, Frank ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amitochondriate; Apicomplexa; Apicoplast; Ferredoxin; Iron sulphur cluster; Plastid; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; IRON; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SULFUR;

PROTIST;

APICOMPLEXA; APICOPLAST; BIOGENESIS; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; LIFE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PLASTID; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; YEAST;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTOZOA; YEASTS;

APICOMPLEXA; ARCHEZOA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0036710572     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(02)00022-X     Document Type: Review

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