Trypanosome alternative oxidase possesses both an N-terminal and internal mitochondrial targeting signal

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 539-547

  Hamilton, VaNae ^a   Singha, Ujjal K ^a   Smith, Joseph T ^a   Weems, Ebony ^a   Chaudhuri, Minu ^a  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 84897396246     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00312-13     Document Type: Article

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