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What limits the allotopic expression of nucleus-encoded mitochondrial genes? The case of the chimeric Cox3 and Atp6 genes.
Mitochondrion - 1 Jan 2011
Figueroa-Martínez Francisco, Vázquez-Acevedo Miriam, Cortés-Hernández Paulina, García-Trejo José J, Davidson Edgar, King Michael P, González-Halphen Diego
Abstract excerpt
Allotopic expression is potentially a gene therapy for mtDNA-related diseases. Some OXPHOS proteins like ATP6 (subunit a of complex V) and COX3 (subunit III of complex IV) that are typically mtDNA-encoded, are naturally nucleus-encoded in the alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The mitochondrial proteins whose genes have been relocated to the nucleus exhibit long mitochondrial targeting sequences ranging from 100 to...
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