The process of mammalian mitochondrial protein synthesis

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 5-20

  Mai, Nicole ^a   Chrzanowska Lightowlers, Zofia M A ^a   Lightowlers, Robert N ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mitochondria; Mitochondrial diseases; Mitochondrial translation; Mitoribosome; Protein synthesis

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN L37; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN L65; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN S29; PROTEIN PTCD3; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOGENESIS; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL BIOGENESIS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL RIBOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; MAMMAL; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIAL RIBOSOMES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 84978062509     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-016-2456-0     Document Type: Review

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