Protein import into mitochondria: Origins and functions today

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 87-100

  Lister, Ryan ^a   Hulett, Joanne M ^b   Lithgow, Trevor ^b   Whelan, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Endosymbiosis; Evolution; Mitochondria; Protein import

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL ORGANELLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; FUNGUS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEOBACTERIA; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; YEAST;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; YEASTS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 18844421618     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687860500041247     Document Type: Review

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