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Mitochondria as a connected population: ensuring continuity of the mitochondrial genome during plant cell dedifferentiation through massive mitochondrial fusion.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Dec 2005
Sheahan Michael B, McCurdy David W, Rose Ray J
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial fusion in plants and its role in development are poorly understood. Cultured tobacco mesophyll protoplasts provide an excellent experimental system for visualizing mitochondrial dynamics. Before protoplasts first divide, mitochondria undergo a phase of extensive elongation before fission causes an increase in number, followed by actin filament (AF)-dependent dispersion that distributes mitochondria...
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