Localization and functionality of microsporidian iron-sulphur cluster assembly proteins

Nature

Volumn 452, Issue 7187, 2008, Pages 624-628

  Goldberg, Alina V ^a   Molik, Sabine ^b   Tsaousis, Anastasios D ^c   Neumann, Karina ^b   Kuhnke, Grit ^b   Delbac, Frederic ^d   Vivares, Christian P ^d   Hirt, Robert P ^a   Lill, Roland ^b   Embley, T Martin ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE DESULPHURASE; ENZYME; FRATAXIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGUS; IRON; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTEIN; SULFUR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; MICROSPORIDA; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; EUKARYOTA; MICROSPORIDIA; TRACHIPLEISTOPHORA HOMINIS;

EID: 41649116646     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06606     Document Type: Article

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