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The yeast gene, MDM20, is necessary for mitochondrial inheritance and organization of the actin cytoskeleton.
The Journal of cell biology - 7 Apr 1997
Hermann G J, King E J, Shaw J M
Abstract excerpt
In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the growing bud inherits a portion of the mitochondrial network from the mother cell soon after it emerges. Although this polarized transport of mitochondria is thought to require functions of the cytoskeleton, there are conflicting reports concerning the nature of the cytoskeletal element involved. Here we report the isolation of a yeast mutant, mdm20, in which both mitochondrial...
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