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Mitochondrial pharmacogenomics: barcode for antibiotic therapy.
Drug discovery today - 1 Jan 2010
Pacheu-Grau David, Gómez-Durán Aurora, López-Pérez Manuel J, Montoya Julio, Ruiz-Pesini Eduardo
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Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)-targeting drugs inhibit protein synthesis and represent effective antibiotics for the treatment of infectious diseases. Given the bacterial origins of mitochondria, the molecular and structural components of the protein expression system are much alike. Moreover, the mutational rate of mitochondrial rRNAs is higher than that of nuclear rRNAs, and some of these mutations might simulate the...
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