title: Mitochondrial Gene Expression: A Playground of Evolutionary Tinkering.
abstract: This article introduces the Mitochondria theme of the Annual Review of Biochemistry, Volume 85.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Structure and Function of Mitochondria Research Group, 82152 Martinsried, Germany; email: neupert@biochem.mpg.de.
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Neupert
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004579:Electron Transport / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D006801:Humans; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000069396:Mitochondrial Ribosomes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D001678:Organelle Biogenesis; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins
keywords: antibiotics; biogenesis; evolution; mitochondria; mitoribosome; mtDNA; polymerase; replication; respiratory chain; transcription