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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-25
pubmed:abstractText
To generate a visible reporter of mitochondrial gene expression, we have synthesized a DNA fragment that specifies an enhanced variant of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondrial genetic code. This reporter gene, GFP(m)-3, was inserted into mtDNA at the eighth codon of the COX3 gene. Mitochondria containing this mtDNA could be detected by fluorescence microscopy. Mitochondrially encoded GFP accumulated as soluble matrix protein, whose level could be measured both immunologically and fluorometrically. Quantitation of relative fluorescence by flow cytometry confirmed that cox3 :: GFP(m)-3 expression was affected by carbon source and dependent upon COX3 mRNA-specific translational activation. GFP(m)-3 will be a valuable tool for studying mitochondrial gene regulation and the intracellular fates of mitochondrially synthesized proteins.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1567-7249
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
181-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-6-15
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of green fluorescent protein from a recoded gene inserted into Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondrial DNA.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-2703, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article