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TUFM

Elongation factor Tu, mitochondrial is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TUFM gene.[1][2][3]


References

References

  1. Ling M, Merante F, Chen HS, Duff C, Duncan AM, Robinson BH (Nov 1997). “The human mitochondrial elongation factor tu (EF-Tu) gene: cDNA sequence, genomic localization, genomic structure, and identification of a pseudogene”. Gene. 197 (1–2): 325–36. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00279-5. PMID 9332382.
  2. Shah ZH, Migliosi V, Miller SC, Wang A, Friedman TB, Jacobs HT (Jun 1998). “Chromosomal locations of three human nuclear genes (RPSM12, TUFM, and AFG3L1) specifying putative components of the mitochondrial gene expression apparatus”. Genomics. 48 (3): 384–8. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.5166. PMID 9545647.
  3. “Entrez Gene: TUFM Tu translation elongation factor, mitochondrial”.
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