The four subunits of mitochondrial respiratory complex II are encoded by multiple nuclear genes and targeted to mitochondria in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 725-734

  Figueroa, Pablo ^a,b   Léon, Gabriel ^a,b   Elorza, Alvaro ^a,b   Holuigue, Loreto ^a,b   Araya, Alejandro ^b,c   Jordana, Xavier ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Flavoprotein; Membrane anchor; Mitochondrial targeting; Plant mitochondria; Succinate dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

GENES; POLYPEPTIDES; PROTEINS; RNA; TISSUE;

MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATORY COMPLEX;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036837058     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019926301981     Document Type: Article

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