Cytochrome c6 from Cyanophora paradoxa: Characterization of the protein and the cDNA of the precursor and import into isolated cyanelles

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 4232-4241

  Steiner, Jürgen M ^a   Serrano, Aurelio ^b   Allmaier, Günter ^a   Jakowitsch, Johannes ^a   Löffelhardt, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyanelles; Cyanophora paradoxa; Cytochrome c6; In vitro import; Mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME F; ENZYME PRECURSOR;

ALGA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ALGAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CYTOCHROMES; CYTOCHROMES F; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME PRECURSORS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS;

CYANOPHORA PARADOXA;

EID: 85047699119     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01471.x     Document Type: Article

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