Staying in aerobic shape: How the structural integrity of mitochondria and mitochondrial DNA is maintained

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 482-488

  Scott, Sidney V ^a   Cassidy Stone, Ann ^a   Meeusen, Shelly L ^a   Nunnari, Jodi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; APOPTOSIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL FUSION; DNA STRUCTURE; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; YEAST;

EID: 0041765777     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(03)00070-X     Document Type: Review

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