Ultrastructural modifications in the mitochondria of hypoxia-adapted Drosophila melanogaster.

Chronic hypoxia (CH) occurs under certain physiological or pathological conditions, including in people who reside at high altitude or suffer chronic cardiovascular or pulmonary diseases. As mitochondria are the predominant oxygen-consuming organelles to generate ATP through oxidative phosphorylatio...

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Main Authors: Guy Perkins, Yu-hsin Hsiao, Songyue Yin, Jonathan Tjong, My T Tran, Jenna Lau, Jin Xue, Siqi Liu, Mark H Ellisman, Dan Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3446896?pdf=render