Strange organelles - Plasmodium mitochondria lack a pyruvate dehydrogenase complex

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Ralph, Stuart A ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; FATTY ACID; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX;

APICOPLAST; CELL ORGANELLE; ENZYME MECHANISM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIA; PLASMODIUM; PLASTIDS; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX;

EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 12344322412     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04314.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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