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  • Title: Stoichiometry of mitochondrial transcripts and regulation of gene expression by mitochondrial transcription factor A.
    Author: Garstka HL, Fäcke M, Escribano JR, Wiesner RJ.
    Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 1994 Apr 15; 200(1):619-26. PubMed ID: 8166737.
    Abstract:
    The steady state concentration of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I mRNA and 12 S rRNA, respectively, measured by a quantitative reverse transcription/polymerase chain reaction method, was 4 and 15 molecules per molecule of mt DNA in rat liver and 2 and 9 molecules in rat muscle, respectively. These results imply that in the mitochondrial compartment, the molar concentration of all thirteen mRNAs by far exceeds the concentration of ribosomes, a situation fundamentally different from the cytosolic compartment. Following thyroid hormone treatment, both mitochondrial transcripts increased, in parallel with the mRNA encoding mitochondrial transcription factor A. We conclude that this transcription factor might be the rate limiting factor for mitochondrial transcription in vivo, at least under these conditions.
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