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SUBMITTER: Herai RH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6075211 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Herai Roberto H RH Negraes Priscilla D PD Muotri Alysson R AR
Human molecular genetics 20170701 13
Mitochondria are thought to have originated as free-living prokaryotes. Mitochondria organelles have small circular genomes with substantial structural and genetic similarity to bacteria. Contrary to the prevailing concept of intronless mitochondria, here we present evidence that mitochondrial RNA transcripts (mtRNA) are not limited to policystronic molecules, but also processed as nuclei-like transcripts that are differentially spliced and expressed in a cell-type specific manner. The presence ...[more]