Experimental Relocation of the Mitochondrial ATP9 Gene to the Nucleus Reveals Forces Underlying Mitochondrial Genome Evolution

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Bietenhader, Maïlis ^a,b   Martos, Alexandre ^a,b   Tetaud, Emmanuel ^a,b   Aiyar, Raeka S ^c   Sellem, Carole H ^d   Kucharczyk, Roza ^a,b   Clauder Münster, Sandra ^c   Giraud, Marie France ^a,b   Godard, François ^a,b   Salin, Bénédicte ^a,b   Sagot, Isabelle ^a,b   Gagneur, Julien ^c   Déquard Chablat, Michelle ^d,e   Contamine, Véronique ^d,e   Denmat, Sylvie Hermann Le ^d,e,f   Sainsard Chanet, Annie ^d   Steinmetz, Lars M ^c   di Rago, Jean Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Institut de Biochimie et Genetique Cellulaires   (France)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE SUBUNIT 9 C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATP9 GENE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSMEMBRANE SEGMENT; YEAST;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL NUCLEUS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PODOSPORA; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSGENES;

EUKARYOTA; PODOSPORA ANSERINA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84866182006     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002876     Document Type: Article

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