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SUBMITTER: Aguilar-Lopez JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5270667 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aguilar-Lopez Jose L JL Laboy Raymond R Jaimes-Miranda Fabiola F Garay Erika E DeLuna Alexander A Funes Soledad S
Aging 20161201 12
In most eukaryotic cells mitochondria are essential organelles involved in a great variety of cellular functions. One of the physiological processes linked to mitochondria is aging, a gradual process of damage accumulation that eventually promotes cell death. Aging depends on a balance between mitochondrial biogenesis, function and degradation. It has been previously shown that Tor1, Sch9 and Ras2 are activated in response to nutrient availability and regulate cell growth and division. A deficie ...[more]