Mitochondrial fission: a non-nuclear role for Num1p.
It is an established assumption that the inheritance of intracellular organelles into daughter cells is not left to chance. A recent study by Rob Jensen and coworkers provides a new link between a protein required for the inheritance of nuclei in yeast with the positioning and morphology of the mitochondria.
Schauss
Astrid C
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University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Rm H445A, 40 Ruskin St, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4W7 Canada.
McBride
Heidi M
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D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D048749:Cytokinesis; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; C071961:NUM1 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins