The helicase CaHmi1p is required for wild-type mitochondrial DNA organization in Candida albicans

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 118-130

  Jõers, Priit ^a   Gerhold, Joachim M ^a   Sedman, Tiina ^a   Kuusk, Silja ^a   Sedman, Juhan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

; Helicase; Mitochondrial DNA; Mitochondrial targeting signal; Nucleoid; Petite negative

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HELICASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DENATURATION; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DELETION; GENETIC STABILITY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WILD TYPE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA HELICASES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOCHONDRIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33846318941     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2006.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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