Center for Molecular Parasitology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Center for Molecular Parasitology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Trends Parasitol. 2020 Apr;36(4):318-321. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2020.01.002. Epub 2020 Feb 19.
The mitochondrion in parasitic protozoans is a clinically proven drug target. A specialized ribosome (mitoribosome) is required to translate genes encoded on the mitochondrial (mt) DNA. Despite the significance, little is known about mitoribosomes in many medically and economically important unicellular protozoans.
寄生虫原生动物的线粒体是经过临床验证的药物靶点。一种专门的核糖体(线粒体核糖体)是翻译线粒体(mt)DNA 编码基因所必需的。尽管意义重大,但对于许多医学上和经济上重要的单细胞原生动物的线粒体核糖体,人们知之甚少。