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Protein import complexes in the mitochondrial outer membrane of Amoebozoa representatives.
BMC genomics - 6 Feb 2016
Buczek Dorota, Wojtkowska Małgorzata, Suzuki Yutaka, Sonobe Seiji, Nishigami Yukinori, Antoniewicz Monika, Kmita Hanna, Makałowski Wojciech
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: An ancestral trait of eukaryotic cells is the presence of mitochondria as an essential element for function and survival. Proper functioning of mitochondria depends on the import of nearly all proteins that is performed by complexes located in both mitochondrial membranes. The complexes have been proposed to contain subunits formed by proteins common to all eukaryotes and additional subunits regarded...
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