Morpholinos meet mitochondria: Targeting organellar gene expression.

Rampelt, Heike; Pfanner, Nikolaus · Cell · 2021

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The mitochondrial genome encodes proteins central to mitochondrial function; however, transcript-specific mechanistic studies of mitochondrial gene products have been difficult because of challenges in their experimental manipulation. Cruz-Zaragoza et al. provide a solution to this challenge, introducing an elegant system for efficient translational silencing of transcripts in human mitochondria.

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