Protein That Shuttles RNA Into Cell Mitochondria Discovered, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Study

ScienceDaily (Aug. 8, 2010) — Researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine have uncovered a role for an essential cell protein in shuttling RNA into the mitochondria, the energy-producing “power plant” of the cell.