In silico survey of the mitochondrial protein uptake and maturation systems in the brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Delage, Ludovic ^a,b   Leblanc, Catherine ^a,b   Collén, Pi Nyvall ^a,b   Gschloessl, Bernhard ^a,b,h   Oudot, Marie Pierre ^c   Sterck, Lieven ^d   Poulain, Julie ^e,f,g   Aury, Jean Marc ^e,f,g   Cock, J Mark ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e CENTRE NATIONAL DE SÉQUENÇAGE   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

^h CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; METAXIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSLOCASE OF INNER MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE 21; TRANSLOCASE OF INNER MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE 50; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

AMOEBOZOA; ARTICLE; BROWN ALGA; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOCARPUS SILICULOSUS; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GIARDIA; MATURATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPISTHOKONTA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAMENOPILE; TRICHOMONAS; TRYPANOSOMA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ECTOCARPUS; ECTOCARPUS SILICULOSUS; EUKARYOTA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; STRAMENOPILES;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHAEOPHYTA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79956209006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019540     Document Type: Article

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