A novel TAT-mitochondrial signal sequence fusion protein is processed, stays in mitochondria, and crosses the placenta

Molecular Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 720-730

  Del Gaizo, Victoria ^a   Payne, R Mark ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

eGFP; Mitochondria; Placenta; Protein sorting signals; Protein transduction domain; TAT

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE MUTATION; LIVER; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038730828     PISSN: 15250016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-0016(03)00130-8     Document Type: Article

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