What limits the allotopic expression of nucleus-encoded mitochondrial genes? The case of the chimeric Cox3 and Atp6 genes

Mitochondrion

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 147-154

  Figueroa Martínez, Francisco ^a   Vázquez Acevedo, Miriam ^a   Cortés Hernández, Paulina ^b,d   García Trejo, José J ^b   Davidson, Edgar ^c   King, Michael P ^c   González Halphen, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Facultad de Quimica   (Mexico)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allotopic expression; Chimerical proteins; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Human mitochondrial genes

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 3; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTEIN ATP6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOTOPIC EXPRESSION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MUTANT; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENE THERAPY; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 78650021668     PISSN: 15677249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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