The enigmatic mitochondrial ORF ymf39 codes for ATP synthase chain b

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2353-2360

  Burger, Gertraud ^a   Lang, B Franz ^a   Braun, Hans Peter ^b   Marx, Stefanie ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CELL MIGRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FLAGELLATE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GREEN ALGA; HYPOTHESIS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; JAKOBIDAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; SECULAMONAS ECUADORIENSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MASTIGOPHORA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0038750910     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg326     Document Type: Article

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