Evidence for a Hydrogenosomal-Type Anaerobic ATP Generation Pathway in Acanthamoeba castellanii

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Leger, Michelle M ^a   Gawryluk, Ryan M R ^a   Gray, Michael W ^a   Roger, Andrew J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETATE SUCCINATE COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; HYDF PROTEIN; HYDROGENASE; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL ORGANELLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HYDROGENOSOME; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIOSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYMES; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84884696282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069532     Document Type: Article

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