[Human mitochondrial genetic system].

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. T...

Topics

DNA, Mitochondrial
Female
Gene Expression
Humans
Male
Phenotype
RNA

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