Functions and dysfunctions of mitochondrial dynamics

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 870-879

  Detmer, Scott A ^a   Chan, David C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

APOPTOSIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL TRANSPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMOTAXIS; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MITOCHONDRIA; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 35448960851     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm2275     Document Type: Review

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