The role of mitochondrial fusion and fission in skeletal muscle function and dysfunction

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Classic textbook depictions of mitochondria portray these organelles to be static bean-shaped structures. However the mitochondrial population is quite heterogeneous, and can form small individual organelles or extended reticula throughout muscle. This morphological plasticity is controlled by fission and opposing fusion events. Skeletal muscle mitochondrial morphology has been demonstrated to be altered under...

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