Mammalian mitochondria have the innate ability to import tRNAs by a mechanism distinct from protein import.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on June 27, 2008

Authors

Mary Anne T Rubio1, Jesse J Rinehart, Bethany Krett, Stéphane Duvezin-Caubet, Andreas S Reichert, Dieter Söll, Juan D Alfonzo

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, Ohio State RNA Group, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1292, USA.

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