[Mitochondria in cell life, death and disease].

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In animal cell, mitochondria are the main sites of the synthesis of ATP required for cell functioning and survival. On the other hand, mitochondria play a key role in initiating cell programmed death (apoptosis). In addition, defects in the mitochondrial genome and in the nuclear genome encoding mitochondrial proteins may result in malfunctioning of these organelles and, as result, in diseases of the whole...

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