petites

[Marguerite Evans]

Dear Netters,

I have a question for which I hope someone may point me in the direction 
of answering...in a rho0 petite, are mitochondrial proteins still 
transported into the mitochondria and if yes, are they considered to 
still be functional?  It is clear that a lot of mitochondrial proteins 
are nuclear encoded and it is difficult to know "how much" of the 
mitochondria as such remains intact in the rho0 petite.
Any ideas?

Thanks,
Marguerite

Marguerite Evans
School of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
UNSW  Sydney  2052
NSW
Australia

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