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mitochondrial translational initiation

Known as: mitochondrial translation initiation 
The process preceding formation of the peptide bond between the first two amino acids of a protein in a mitochondrion. This includes the formation of… 
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Highly Cited
2018
Highly Cited
2018
Serine Catabolism by SHMT2 Is Required for Proper Mitochondrial Translation Initiation and Maintenance of Formylmethionyl-tRNAs.
Highly Cited
2018
Highly Cited
2018
Unique features of mammalian mitochondrial translation initiation revealed by cryo-EM
Mitochondria maintain their own specialized protein synthesis machinery, which in mammals is used exclusively for the synthesis… 
Review
2014
Review
2014
Mitochondrial translation initiation machinery: Conservation and diversification☆
2012
2012
Evolutionary and genetic analyses of mitochondrial translation initiation factors identify the missing mitochondrial IF3 in S. cerevisiae
Mitochondrial translation is essentially bacteria-like, reflecting the bacterial endosymbiotic ancestry of the eukaryotic… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Preferential Selection of the 5′-Terminal Start Codon on Leaderless mRNAs by Mammalian Mitochondrial Ribosomes
Mammalian mitochondrial mRNAs are basically leaderless, having few or no untranslated nucleotides prior to the 5′-start codon. We… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
A single mammalian mitochondrial translation initiation factor functionally replaces two bacterial factors.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Evolution of monoblepharidalean fungi based on complete mitochondrial genome sequences.
We have determined the complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences of three chytridiomycete fungi, Monoblepharella15… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Identification of Mammalian Mitochondrial Translational Initiation Factor 3 and Examination of Its Role in Initiation Complex Formation with Natural mRNAs*
Human mitochondrial translational initiation factor 3 (IF3mt) has been identified from the human expressed sequence tag data base… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Differential expression of mitochondrial genes between queens and workers during caste determination in the honeybee Apis mellifera.
The nourishment received by female honeybee larvae determines their differentiation into queens or workers. In this study, we… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Cloning and Sequence Analysis of the Human Mitochondrial Translational Initiation Factor 2 cDNA (*)
Complete cDNAs encoding human mitochondrial translational initiation factor 2 (IF-2) have been obtained from liver, heart, and… 
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