The regulation of coenzyme Q biosynthesis in eukaryotic cells: All that yeast can tell Us

Molecular Syndromology

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 107-118

  González Mariscal, Isabel ^c   García Testón, Elena ^a   Padilla, Sergio ^b   Martín Montalvo, Alejandro ^c   Pomares Viciana, Teresa ^a   Vazquez Fonseca, Luis ^a   Gandolfo Domínguez, Pablo ^a   Santos Ocaña, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b SANFORD RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Coenzyme Q; Mitochondria; Protein complex; Respiration; Ubiquinone; Yeast

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY TRANSITION PORE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); UBIQUINONE;

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; CARBON SOURCE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; LIPOGENESIS; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHORYLATION AND DEPHOSPHORYLATION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STEADY STATE; YEAST; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; MITOCHONDRION; MUTANT; PRECURSOR;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84903940006     PISSN: 16618769     EISSN: 16618777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000362897     Document Type: Article

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