Conditional knockdown of hMRS2 results in loss of mitochondrial Mg + uptake and cell death

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 693-700

  Piskacek, Martin ^a   Zotova, Ludmila ^a   Zsurka, Gábor ^a   Schweyen, Rudolf J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Complex I; Mag fura 2; Magnesium; ShRNA

Indexed keywords

CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MRS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION;

CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION;

CORA;

EID: 65249108337     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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