Mitochondrial tRNA import in Trypanosoma brucei is independent of thiolation and the Rieske protein

RNA

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1398-1406

  Paris, Zdeněk ^a,b   Rubio, Mary Anne T ^c   Lukeš, Julius ^a,b   Alfonzo, Juan D ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2 thiolation; Fe S cluster; RIC; Rieske; T. brucei; tRNA import

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; PROTEIN TBNFS; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DOWN REGULATION; FLAGELLATE; GENOME; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSLATION; RNA TRANSPORT; TRANSFER RNA THIOLATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CYTOSOL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX III; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MITOCHONDRIA; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, TRANSFER; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SULFUR; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 67649386835     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.1589109     Document Type: Article

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