Engineering the alternative oxidase gene to better understand and counteract mitochondrial defects: State of the art and perspectives

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 171, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2243-2249

  El Khoury, Riyad ^a,b   Kemppainen, Kia K ^c   Dufour, Eric ^c   Szibor, Marten ^c,d   Jacobs, Howard T ^c,d   Rustin, Pierre ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

allospecific gene expression; alternative oxidase; mitochondrial diseases

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AOXIDASE GENE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84897456295     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bph.12570     Document Type: Review

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