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Mitochondrial complementation preventing respiratory dysfunction caused by mutant mtDNA.
BioFactors (Oxford, England) - 1 Jan 2000
Sato Akitsugu, Nakada Kazuto, Hayashi Jun-Ichi
Abstract excerpt
The mitochondrial theory of aging is the idea that age-associated mitochondrial dysfunction is caused by accumulation of somatic mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). However, mitochondria are considered to be a dynamic organelle that repeats fusion and fission. Through fusion and fission, there is an extensive and continuous exchange of mtDNA and its products between mitochondria. This mitochondrial...
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