Article
[Human mitochondrial genetic system].
Revista de neurologia - 1 Apr 1998
Enríquez J A, Martínez-Azorín F, Garesse R, López-Pérez M J, Pérez-Martos A, Bornstein B, Montoya J
Abstract excerpt
The mitochondria are subcellular organelles devoted to energy production in form of ATP that contain their own genetic system. Mitochondrial DNA codify a small, but extremely important, number of polypeptides of the respiratory chain. The other mitochondrial proteins are encoded in the nucleus. Therefore, mitochondrial biogenesis require the coordinated expression of nuclear and mitochondrial genetic systems. The...
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