Quality matters: How does mitochondrial network dynamics and quality control impact on mtDNA integrity?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1646, 2014, Pages

  Busch, Karin B ^a   Kowald, Axel ^b   Spelbrink, Johannes N ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial dynamics; Mitophagy; mtDNA; Nucleoids; OXPHOS; TFAM

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOTYPE; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN; QUALITY CONTROL; SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN;

GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MITOPHAGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL DEGRADATION; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84901326267     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0442     Document Type: Review

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