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Review
. 2006 Aug:21:233-41.
doi: 10.1152/physiol.00010.2006.

(De)constructing mitochondria: what for?

Kai S Dimmer  1 , Luca Scorrano
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Review

(De)constructing mitochondria: what for?

Kai S Dimmer et al. Physiology (Bethesda). 2006 Aug.
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Abstract

Mitochondria are dynamic organelles, essential for cell life and death. The morphology of this organelle is determined by fusion and fission, controlled by a growing set of "mitochondria-shaping" proteins, which influence crucial signalling cascades, including apoptosis.

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