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The Dictyostelium model for mitochondrial biology and disease.
The International journal of developmental biology - 1 Jan 2019
Pearce Xavier G, Annesley Sarah J, Fisher Paul R
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The unicellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum is a valuable eukaryotic model organism in the study of mitochondrial biology and disease. As a member of the Amoebozoa, a sister clade to the animals and fungi, Dictyostelium mitochondrial biology shares commonalities with these organisms, but also exhibits some features of plants. As such it has made significant contributions to the study of eukaryotic...
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