Presence of a latent mitochondrial targeting signal in gene on mitochondrial genome

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1791-1793

  Ueda, Minoru ^a,b   Fujimoto, Masaru ^b   Arimura, Shin Ichi ^b   Tsutsumi, Nobuhiro ^b   Kadowaki, Koh Ichi ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY ASSAY LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene transfer; Mitochondria; Ribosomal protein genes; Targeting signal

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 49749125906     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn139     Document Type: Article

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