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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Saccharomyces cerevisiae
SUBMITTER: Joshua Veatch
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-15302 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Cell 20090601 7
Mutations and deletions in the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA), as well as instability of the nuclear genome, are involved in multiple human diseases. Here, we report that in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, loss of mtDNA leads to nuclear genome instability, through a process of cell-cycle arrest and selection we define as a cellular crisis. This crisis is not mediated by the absence of respiration, but instead correlates with a reduction in the mitochondrial membrane potential. Analysis of cells undergoi ...[more]