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Functional delivery of a cytosolic tRNA into mutant mitochondria of human cells.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 20 Oct 2006
Mahata Bidesh, Mukherjee Saikat, Mishra Sumita, Bandyopadhyay Arun, Adhya Samit
Abstract excerpt
Many maternally inherited and incurable neuromyopathies are caused by mutations in mitochondrial (mt) transfer RNA (tRNA) genes. Kinetoplastid protozoa, including Leishmania, have evolved specialized systems for importing nucleus-encoded tRNAs into mitochondria. We found that the Leishmania RNA import complex (RIC) could enter human cells by a caveolin-1-dependent pathway, where it induced import of endogenous...
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