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Biogenesis of Mitochondrial Proteins

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The majority of mitochondrial proteins are encoded by nuclear genes and are imported into the organelle after being synthesized on cytoplasmic ribosomes. During the last years our knowledge of the different stages of this import process of proteins into mitochondria has increased greatly.

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Tropschug, M., Neupert, W. (1989). Biogenesis of Mitochondrial Proteins. In: Azzi, A., Nałęz, K.A., Nałęcz, M.J., Wojtczak, L. (eds) Anion Carriers of Mitochondrial Membranes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74539-3_24

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