The 2-thiouridylase function of the human MTU1 (TRMU) enzyme is dispensable for mitochondrial translation

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 4634-4643

  Sasarman, Florin ^a,b   Antonicka, Hana ^a,b   Horvath, Rita ^c   Shoubridge, Eric A ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE TRANSFER RNA; GLYCINE TRANSFER RNA; LYSINE TRANSFER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; MITOCHONDRIAL TRNA SPECIFIC 2 THIOURIDYLASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MERRF SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; MYOBLAST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; STROKE;

ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FIBROBLASTS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MELAS SYNDROME; MERRF SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MUTATION; MYOBLASTS; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, TRANSFER; THIOURIDINE; TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 81255169321     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr397     Document Type: Article

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