Divergent Mitochondrial Ribosomes in Unicellular Parasitic Protozoans.

Divergent Mitochondrial Ribosomes in Unicellular Parasitic Protozoans. Trends Parasitol. 2020 Apr;36(4):318-321 Authors: Dass S, Mather MW, Ke H Abstract The mitochondrion in parasitic protozoans is a clinically proven drug target. A specialized ribosome (mitoribosome) is required to translate genes encoded on the mitochondrial (mt) DNA. Despite the significance, little is known about mitoribosomes in many medically and economically important unicellular protozoans. PMID: 32191848 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Trends in Parasitology - Category: Parasitology Authors: Tags: Trends Parasitol Source Type: research