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Maintenance of mitochondrial DNA by the Caenorhabditis elegans ATR checkpoint protein ATL-1.
Genetics - 1 Sept 2008
Mori Chihiro, Takanami Takako, Higashitani Atsushi
Abstract excerpt
Here we show that inactivation of the ATR-related kinase ATL-1 results in a significant reduction in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy numbers in Caenorhabditis elegans. Although ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) expression and the ATP/dATP ratio remained unaltered in atl-1 deletion mutants, inhibition of RNR by RNAi or hydroxyurea treatment caused further reductions in mtDNA copy number. These results suggest that...
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