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Mitochondrial protein import and human health and disease.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 May 2007
MacKenzie James A, Payne R Mark
Abstract excerpt
The targeting and assembly of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins are essential processes because the energy supply of humans is dependent upon the proper functioning of mitochondria. Defective import of mitochondrial proteins can arise from mutations in the targeting signals within precursor proteins, from mutations that disrupt the proper functioning of the import machinery, or from deficiencies in the...
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