How do human cells react to the absence of mitochondrial DNA?

Mitochondrial biogenesis is under the control of two different genetic systems: the nuclear genome (nDNA) and the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA). The mtDNA is a circular genome of 16.6 kb encoding 13 of the approximately 90 subunits that form the respiratory chain, the remaining ones being encoded by...

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Main Authors: Rossana Mineri, Norman Pavelka, Erika Fernandez-Vizarra, Paola Ricciardi-Castagnoli, Massimo Zeviani, Valeria Tiranti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-05-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2683933?pdf=render