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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-10-12
pubmed:abstractText
The relationship between the relative amounts of nuclear and mitochondrial genes for cytochrome-c oxidase subunits and their transcripts and cytochrome-c oxidase activity was investigated in several human tissues and cell lines to get more insight into the regulation of the expression of this mitochondrial enzyme complex. The results show: (1) a wide range of mtDNA copy numbers; (2) constant ratios between the steady-state levels of the transcripts for the various cytochrome-c oxidase subunits, and (3) large variations in cytochrome-c oxidase activity in different tissues and cell lines that could not be related to the differences in mtDNA copy number. We conclude that the transcription of genes for both mitochondrial and nuclear cytochrome-c oxidase subunits is regulated coordinatedly, but also that the mtDNA copy number plays a minor role in determining differences in cytochrome-c oxidase activity between different cell and tissue types.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
13
pubmed:volume
1144
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
177-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Regulation of the expression of mitochondrial proteins: relationship between mtDNA copy number and cytochrome-c oxidase activity in human cells and tissues.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't