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Localizing mRNAs Encoding Mitochondrial Proteins in Yeast by Fluorescence Microscopy and Subcellular Fractionation.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2017
Zabezhinsky Dmitry, Sperber Hannah, Gerst Jeffrey E
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Mitochondria are thought to have evolved from ancestral proteobacteria and, as a result of symbiosis, became an indispensable organelle in all eukaryotic cells. Mitochondria perform essential functions that provide the cell with ATP, amino acids, phospholipids, and both heme and iron-sulfur clusters. However, only 1% of mitochondrial proteins are encoded by the mitochondrial genome, while the remaining 99% are...
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