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SUBMITTER: Altmann K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1266436 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Altmann Katrin K Westermann Benedikt B
Molecular biology of the cell 20050831 11
Mitochondria are essential organelles of eukaryotic cells. Inheritance and maintenance of mitochondrial structure depend on cytoskeleton-mediated organelle transport and continuous membrane fusion and fission events. However, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae most of the known components involved in these processes are encoded by genes that are not essential for viability. Here we asked which essential genes are required for mitochondrial distribution and morphology. To address this question, we perfo ...[more]