title: Make or break for mitochondria.
abstract: Ensuring that mitochondrial DNA is successfully divided between daughter mitochondria involves a complex series of interactions with the endoplasmic reticulum and a variety of enzymes.
authors.affiliation: is at the Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit , Cambridge , United Kingdom and at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke , National Institutes of Health , Bethesda , United States nezichc@ninds.nih.gov.
authors.forename: Catherine L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Nezich
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Youle
mesh_terms: D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000378:metabolism*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000378:metabolism*; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D063154:Mitochondrial Dynamics; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: ERMES; Gem1; Miro; S. cerevisiae; mitochondria; mitochondrial DNA