Characterization and submitochondrial localization of the α subunit of the mitochondrial processing peptidase from the aquatic fungus Blastocladiella emersonii

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 4257-4265

  Rocha, Cíntia Renata Costa ^a,b   Gomes, Suely Lopes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCLADIELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE ISOLATION; LIFE CYCLE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLASTOCLADIELLA EMERSONII; FUNGI;

EID: 0345593748     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.14.4257-4265.1999     Document Type: Article

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