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Pathology-related substitutions in human mitochondrial tRNA(Ile) reduce precursor 3' end processing efficiency in vitro.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Apr 2003
Levinger Louis, Giegé Richard, Florentz Catherine
Abstract excerpt
The human mitochondrial genome encodes 22 tRNAs interspersed among the two rRNAs and 11 mRNAs, often without spacers, suggesting that tRNAs must be efficiently excised. Numerous maternally transmitted diseases and syndromes arise from mutations in mitochondrial tRNAs, likely due to defect(s) in tRNA metabolism. We have systematically explored the effect of pathogenic mutations on tRNA(Ile) precursor 3' end...
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