Mammalian mitochondria have the innate ability to import tRNAs by a mechanism distinct from protein import

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 9186-9191

  Rubio, Mary Anne T ^a   Rinehart, Jesse J ^b   Krett, Bethany ^b   Duvezin Caubet, Stéphane ^c,d   Reichert, Andreas S ^c,e   Söll, Dieter ^b   Alfonzo, Juan D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Institut de Biochimie et Genetique Cellulaires   (France)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human; MERFF

Indexed keywords

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CELL; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRION; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 48249128388     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804283105     Document Type: Article

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