MtDNA makes a U-turn for the mitochondrial nucleoid

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 457-463

  Kukat, Christian ^a   Larsson, Nils Göran ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF AGEING   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial nucleoid; MtDNA; TFAM

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A; NUCLEOPROTEIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; TFAM PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA PACKAGING; GENE REPLICATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84882835838     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: 18793088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2013.04.009     Document Type: Review

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