Mitochondrial Nucleoid: Shield and Switch of the Mitochondrial Genome
Mitochondria preserve very complex and distinctively unique machinery to maintain and express the content of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Similar to chromosomes, mtDNA is packaged into discrete mtDNA-protein complexes referred to as a nucleoid. In addition to its role as a mtDNA shield, over 50 nucleo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2017-01-01
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Series: | Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8060949 |