title: A railroad switch in mitochondrial protein import.
abstract: Chacinska et al., (2005) recently clarified how translocation machineries of the mitochondrial outer and inner membranes cooperate to correctly sort preproteins destined for the mitochondrial matrix and inner membrane.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: Katsuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mihara
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D033681:Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D021381:Protein Transport
chemical_list: D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D033681:Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins