Were class C iron-containing superoxide dismutases of trypanosomatid parasites initially imported into a complex plastid? A hypothesis based on analyses of their N-terminal targeting signals

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1101-1110

  Bodyl A ^a   MacKiewicz, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellates; Endosymbiosis; Euglena; Leishmania; Plastid; Protein targeting; Reactive oxygen species; Superoxide dismutase; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

IRON SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ALGA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOFLAGELLATE; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE DUPLICATION; HYPOTHESIS; MITOCHONDRION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TARGETING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRYPANOSOMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; EUGLENA; LEISHMANIA; PLASTIDS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRYPANOSOMA;

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; EUGLENA; EUKARYOTA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 49549101838     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182008004642     Document Type: Article

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