An advanced system of the mitochondrial processing peptidase and core protein family in Trypanosoma bruceiand multiple origins of the Core I subunit in eukaryotes

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 860-875

  Mach, Jan ^a   Poliak, Pavel ^b,c   Matušková, Anna ^b   Žárský, Vojtech ^a   Janata, Jiří ^b   Lukes, Juliuš ^b,c   Tachezy, Jan ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Evolution; Mitochondrial processing peptidase; Mitochondrial targeting sequence; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROCESSING PEPTIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; MITOCHONDRIAL TARGETING SIGNAL; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

BC1 COMPLEX; EVOLUTION; MITOCHONDRIAL PROCESSING PEPTIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL TARGETING SEQUENCE; TRYPANOSOME;

EID: 84891375595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt056     Document Type: Article

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