A protein linked to mitochondrion development in Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 161-172

  Pérez Morga, David ^a   Pays, Etienne ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ESAG8; Mitochondrion biogenesis; PIE8; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 2342668459     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00065-1     Document Type: Article

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