A leader peptide is sufficient to direct mitochondrial import of a chimeric protein.
Horwich A, Kalousek F, Mellman I, Rosenberg L. A leader peptide is sufficient to direct mitochondrial import of a chimeric protein. The EMBO Journal 1985, 4: 1129-35. PMID: 3891325, PMCID: PMC554314, DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1985.tb03750.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChimeric precursor proteinsMitochondrial importLeader peptideChimeric precursorsDihydrofolate reductaseMost mitochondrial proteinsPost-translational importMutant CHO cell linesCloned nucleotide sequencePrecursor proteinOrnithine transcarbamylaseCell-free systemCHO cell linesEnzyme dihydrofolate reductaseMitochondrial proteinsMitochondrial localizationRegulatory elementsLeader sequenceNucleotide sequenceStable transformantsAdditional proteinsSelectable markerChimeric proteinLarger precursorIntact cellsLocalization of DNA sequences in region Xp21 of the human X chromosome: search for molecular markers close to the Duchenne muscular dystrophy locus.
de Martinville B, Kunkel L, Bruns G, Morlé F, Koenig M, Mandel J, Horwich A, Latt S, Gusella J, Housman D. Localization of DNA sequences in region Xp21 of the human X chromosome: search for molecular markers close to the Duchenne muscular dystrophy locus. American Journal Of Human Genetics 1985, 37: 235-49. PMID: 2984924, PMCID: PMC1684559.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsX chromosomeHuman X chromosome short armSomatic cell hybrid linesMolecular markersShort armX chromosome short armHuman X chromosomeChromosome short armDNA sequence mapGene dosage studiesOrnithine transcarbamylase geneAbnormal X chromosomeDNA sequencesDNA fragmentsHybrid linesChromosomesSequence mapsMuscular dystrophyStructural rearrangementsHuman lymphoblastsBand Xp21Duchenne muscular dystrophyGenesLociXp21