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Basal mitophagy is widespread in Drosophila but minimally affected by loss of Pink1 or parkin.
The Journal of cell biology - 7 May 2018
Lee Juliette J, Sanchez-Martinez Alvaro, Martinez Zarate Aitor, Benincá Cristiane, Mayor Ugo, Clague Michael J, Whitworth Alexander J
Abstract excerpt
The Parkinson's disease factors PINK1 and parkin are strongly implicated in stress-induced mitophagy in vitro, but little is known about their impact on basal mitophagy in vivo. We generated transgenic Drosophila melanogaster expressing fluorescent mitophagy reporters to evaluate the impact of Pink1/parkin mutations on basal mitophagy under physiological conditions. We find that mitophagy is readily detectable...
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