Control of Mitochondrial Function via Photosynthetic Redox Signals.
In photosynthetic cells, mitochondrial respiration is of major importance not only in the dark but also in the light. Important progress has been made in our understanding of the roles played by mitochondria in light. The light signal is likely to reach cellular compartments such as the mitochondrion and the nucleus via different chloroplast-originated redox messages. The potential involvement of these messages in the regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis and activity by light is discussed in view of the available experimental data.
van Lis
Robert
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Departamento de Genética Molecular, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-243, 04510, México D.F., Mexico.
Atteia
Ariane
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Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, USA; present address: Institute of Botany III, University of Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.