Kinetics and specificity of paternal mitochondrial elimination in Caenorhabditis elegans
Autophagy mediates the degradation of paternal mitochondria after fertilization in C. elegansto ensure that mitochondria are inherited maternally. Here the authors show that mitochondrial dynamics is critical for the selectivity and kinetics of paternal mitochondrial elimination.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-09-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12569 |