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Context-Dependent Role of Mitochondrial Fusion-Fission in Clonal Expansion of mtDNA Mutations.
PLoS computational biology - 1 May 2015
Tam Zhi Yang, Gruber Jan, Halliwell Barry, Gunawan Rudiyanto
Abstract excerpt
The accumulation of mutant mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecules in aged cells has been associated with mitochondrial dysfunction, age-related diseases and the ageing process itself. This accumulation has been shown to often occur clonally, where mutant mtDNA grow in number and overpopulate the wild-type mtDNA. However, the cell possesses quality control (QC) mechanisms that maintain mitochondrial function, in...
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