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Decoding the Enigma: Translation Termination in Human Mitochondria

Annika Krüger1, Daria Kovalchuk1, Dmitrii Shiriaev1

  • 1Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Division of Molecular Metabolism, Karolinska Institutet, Solnavägen 9, Solna 171 65, Sweden.

Human Molecular Genetics
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Keywords:
Mitochondrial translationmitochondrial translation termination factorsmitoribosomes

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