Structure of the bc1 complex from Seculamonas ecuadoriensis, a jakobid flagellate with an ancestral mitochondrial genome

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 145-153

  Marx, Stefanie ^a,c,d   Baumgärtner, Maja ^b   Kunnan, Sivakumar ^c   Braun, Hans Peter ^a   Lang, B Franz ^c   Burger, Gertraud ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bc1 complex; Evolution; Jakobid flagellates; Mitochondria; Seculamonas ecuadoriensis

Indexed keywords

CITRININ; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FLAGELLATE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SECULAMONAS ECUADORIENSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; JAKOBIDAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; SECULAMONAS ECUADORIENSIS;

EID: 0037225494     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg016     Document Type: Article

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