Mitochondrial protein import: Recognition of internal import signals of BCS1 by the TOM complex

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2239-2250

  Stan, Tincuta ^a   Brix, Jan ^b   Schneider Mergener, Jens ^c,d   Pfanner, Nikolaus ^b   Neupert, Walter ^a   Rapaport, Doron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Jerini AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCS1; PROTEIN TOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 0037379222     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.7.2239-2250.2003     Document Type: Article

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