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All of the DNA replication machinery that operates in mitochondria is encoded in the nucleus, translated in the cytoplasm, and then transported into the mitocho
by jforman 12y ago
All of the DNA replication machinery that operates in mitochondria is encoded in the nucleus, translated in the cytoplasm, and then transported into the mitochondrion:
"The remaining ~1500 mitochondrial proteins are encoded in the nucleus, including all proteins needed for replication and expression of the small mtDNA genome (Falkenberg et al., 2007)"
from http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0092867409012458/1-s2.0-S0092867409012458-main.pdf?_tid=96f8c212-ac13-11e4-ac6b-00000aacb35e&acdnat=1423016266_587dd8a75f971860b976b3ea016b270f http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0092867409012458/1-s2.0-S009286740901...