Abstract
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) maintenance can be and has been studied in a wide variety of organisms, some more tractable than others. We use human and mouse cell culture models to study proteins and mechanisms of mtDNA replication. Recent advances in cell culture systems allow us to streamline the analysis of replication proteins both in vivo in cell culture and in vitro following protein purification. One such system, the inducible 293 Flp-InTM TRExTM system, will be described here in detail with the emphasis on the mitochondrial DNA helicase Twinkle, in particular its mitochondrial purification following over-expression, and basic activity and multimerization assays.
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Goffart, S., Spelbrink, H. (2009). Inducible Expression in Human Cells, Purification, and In Vitro Assays for the Mitochondrial DNA Helicase Twinkle. In: Stuart, J.A. (eds) Mitochondrial DNA. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 554. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-521-3_7
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