A small protein coded within the mitochondrial canonical gene nd4 regulates mitochondrial bioenergetics

Abstract Background Mitochondria have a central role in cellular functions, aging, and in certain diseases. They possess their own genome, a vestige of their bacterial ancestor. Over the course of evolution, most of the genes of the ancestor have been lost or transferred to the nucleus. In humans, t...

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Main Authors: Laura Kienzle, Stefano Bettinazzi, Thierry Choquette, Marie Brunet, Hajar Hosseini Khorami, Jean-François Jacques, Mathilde Moreau, Xavier Roucou, Christian R. Landry, Annie Angers, Sophie Breton
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-05-01
Series:BMC Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-023-01609-y