Novel mitochondrion-related organelles in the anaerobic amoeba Mastigamoeba balamuthi

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1306-1320

  Gill, Erin E ^a,b   Diaz Triviño, Sara ^a   Barberà, Maria José ^a   Silberman, Jeffrey D ^a,c   Stechmann, Alexandra ^a   Gaston, Daniel ^a   Tamas, Ivica ^a   Roger, Andrew J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CHAPERONIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN;

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE TRANSFER; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMOEBA; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; CHAPERONIN 60; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOCHONDRIA; ORGANELLES; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

AMOEBA (GENUS); AMOEBOZOA; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; MASTIGAMOEBA; MASTIGAMOEBA BALAMUTHI; PROTISTA;

EID: 36549045956     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05979.x     Document Type: Article

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