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Structure of the large ribosomal subunit from human mitochondria.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 7 Nov 2014
Brown Alan, Amunts Alexey, Bai Xiao-Chen, Sugimoto Yoichiro, Edwards Patricia C, Murshudov Garib, Scheres Sjors H W, Ramakrishnan V
Abstract excerpt
Human mitochondrial ribosomes are highly divergent from all other known ribosomes and are specialized to exclusively translate membrane proteins. They are linked with hereditary mitochondrial diseases and are often the unintended targets of various clinically useful antibiotics. Using single-particle cryogenic electron microscopy, we have determined the structure of its large subunit to 3.4 angstrom resolution,...
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