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SUBMITTER: Legesse-Miller A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC165089 | biostudies-literature | 2003 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Legesse-Miller Aster A Massol Ramiro H RH Kirchhausen Tom T
Molecular biology of the cell 20030206 5
Mitochondria undergo cycles of fusion and fission crucial for organelle homeostasis. Fission is regulated partially by recruitment of the large GTPase Dnm1p to the outer mitochondrial membrane. Using three-dimensional time-lapse fluorescence imaging of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells, we found that Dnm1p-EGFP appears and disappears at "hot spots" along mitochondrial tubes. It forms patches that convert rapidly into different shapes regardless of whether mitochondrial fission ensues or not. Moreov ...[more]