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Deficiency of cardiolipin synthase causes abnormal mitochondrial function and morphology in germ cells of Caenorhabditis elegans.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 10 Feb 2012
Sakamoto Taro, Inoue Takao, Otomo Yukae, Yokomori Nagaharu, Ohno Motoki, Arai Hiroyuki, Nakagawa Yasuhito
Abstract excerpt
Cardiolipin (CL) is a major membrane phospholipid specifically localized in mitochondria. At the cellular level, CL has been shown to have a role in mitochondrial energy production, mitochondrial membrane dynamics, and the triggering of apoptosis. However, the in vivo role of CL in multicellular organisms is largely unknown. In this study, by analyzing deletion mutants of a CL synthase gene (crls-1) in...
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