Mitochondrial one-carbon metabolism is adapted to the specific needs of yeast, plants and mammals

BioEssays

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 595-605

  Christensen, Karen E ^a   MacKenzie, Robert E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL TYPE; CYTOPLASM; EUKARYOTE; FOLATE METABOLISM; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORESPIRATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PLASTID; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYNTHESIS; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CARBON; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MITOCHONDRIA; PLANTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33745095012     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20420     Document Type: Review

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