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Induction of Mitochondrial RNA Polymerase in Neurospora crassa

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Biosynthesis of mitochondrial RNA polymerase is induced by inhibitors of mitochondrial transcription or translation. This polymerase therefore seems to be synthesized on cytoplasmic ribosomes, coded by a nuclear cistron and controlled by mitochondrial protein synthesis.

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BARATH, Z., KÜNTZEL, H. Induction of Mitochondrial RNA Polymerase in Neurospora crassa. Nature New Biology 240, 195–197 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio240195a0

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