Mitonuclear Interactions in the Maintenance of Mitochondrial Integrity
In eukaryotic cells, mitochondria originated in an α-proteobacterial endosymbiont. Although these organelles harbor their own genome, the large majority of genes, originally encoded in the endosymbiont, were either lost or transferred to the nucleus. As a consequence, mitochondria have become semi-a...
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MDPI AG
2020-08-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/10/9/173 |