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Defective mitochondrial translation caused by a ribosomal protein (MRPS16) mutation.
Annals of neurology - 1 Nov 2004
Miller Chaya, Saada Ann, Shaul Nava, Shabtai Naama, Ben-Shalom Efrat, Shaag Avraham, Hershkovitz Eli, Elpeleg Orly
Abstract excerpt
The mitochondrial respiratory chain comprises 85 subunits, 13 of which are mitochondrial encoded. The synthesis of these 13 proteins requires many nuclear-encoded proteins that participate in mitochondrial DNA replication, transcript production, and a distinctive mitochondrial translation apparatus. We report a patient with agenesis of corpus callosum, dysmorphism, and fatal neonatal lactic acidosis with markedly...
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