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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Main Authors: Panagiotis Karakaidos, Theodoros Rampias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Life
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/10/9/173