Fungal hydrogenosomes contain mitochondrial heat-shock proteins

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1051-1061

  Van der Giezen, Mark ^a,e   Birdsey, Graeme M ^b   Horner, David S ^a,f   Lucocq, John ^c   Dyal, Patricia L ^a   Benchimol, Marlene ^d   Danpure, Christopher J ^b   Embley, T Martin ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDADE SANTA ÚRSULA   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaerobic eukaryotes; Evolution; Heat shock proteins; Hydrogenosomes; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HYDROGEN;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EVOLUTION; FUNGAL CELL; HYDROGENOSOME; MAMMAL CELL; MITOCHONDRION; NEOCALLIMASTIX; NEOCALLIMASTIX PATRICIARUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHAPERONIN 60; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HYDROGEN; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOCALLIMASTIX; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; NEOCALLIMASTIX; NEOCALLIMASTIX PATRICIARUM;

EID: 0037744580     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg103     Document Type: Article

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