Morphology and protein composition of the mitochondrial nucleoids in yeast cells lacking Abf2p, a high mobility group protein

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 455-464

  Miyakawa, Isamu ^a   Kanayama, Miwako ^a   Fujita, Yuka ^a   Sato, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abf2p; DNA binding protein; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial nucleoids; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ABF2P PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; MITOCHONDRIAL NUCLEOID; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUORESCENT DYES; INDOLES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOCHONDRIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SUBMITOCHONDRIAL PARTICLES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79551556448     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.56.455     Document Type: Article

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