Cell biology - Mitochondria shape up

被引:7
作者
Conradt, Barbara [1 ]
机构
[1] Dartmouth Coll, Sch Med, Dept Genet, Hanover, NH 03755 USA
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10.1038/443646a
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 [理学]; 0710 [生物学]; 09 [农学];
摘要
Mitochondria are central to the process of programmed cell death that kills damaged or superfluous cells. Surprisingly, components of the death machinery turn out to be essential for keeping these organelles in shape.
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