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The iron-sulfur cluster assembly genes iscS and iscU of Entamoeba histolytica were acquired by horizontal gene transfer

BACKGROUND: Iron-sulfur (FeS) proteins are present in all living organisms and play important roles in electron transport and metalloenzyme catalysis. The maturation of FeS proteins in eukaryotes is an essential function of mitochondria, but little is known about this process in amitochondriate euka...

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Autores principales: van der Giezen, Mark, Cox, Siân, Tovar, Jorge
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC373444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15040816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-4-7