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Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 737385, 24 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/737385
Review Article

Mitochondrial Translation and Beyond: Processes Implicated in Combined Oxidative Phosphorylation Deficiencies

Paulien Smits, Jan Smeitink, and Lambert van den Heuvel

Department of Pediatrics, Nijmegen Center for Mitochondrial Disorders, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 10, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Received 31 October 2009; Accepted 29 January 2010

Academic Editor: Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos

Copyright © 2010 Paulien Smits et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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