Molecular mechanisms of mitochondrial dynamics

LC Tábara, M Segawa, J Prudent - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Mitochondria not only synthesize energy required for cellular functions but are also involved
in numerous cellular pathways including apoptosis, calcium homoeostasis, inflammation …

Mitochondrial ROS in cancer: initiators, amplifiers or an Achilles' heel?

SS Sabharwal, PT Schumacker - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2014 - nature.com
Mitochondria cooperate with their host cells by contributing to bioenergetics, metabolism,
biosynthesis, and cell death or survival functions. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated …

OrganellarGenomeDRAW—a suite of tools for generating physical maps of plastid and mitochondrial genomes and visualizing expression data sets

M Lohse, O Drechsel, S Kahlau… - Nucleic acids research, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Mitochondria and plastids (chloroplasts) are cell organelles of endosymbiotic origin that
possess their own genetic information. Most organellar DNAs map as circular double …

The alternative reality of plant mitochondrial DNA: One ring does not rule them all

A Kozik, BA Rowan, D Lavelle, L Berke… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Plant mitochondrial genomes are usually assembled and displayed as circular maps based
on the widely-held view across the broad community of life scientists that circular genome …

Mitochondria and chloroplasts as the original sites of melatonin synthesis: a hypothesis related to melatonin's primary function and evolution in eukaryotes

DX Tan, LC Manchester, X Liu… - Journal of pineal …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondria and chloroplasts are major sources of free radical generation in living
organisms. Because of this, these organelles require strong protection from free radicals and …

Root of the tree: the significance, evolution, and origins of the ribosome

JC Bowman, AS Petrov, M Frenkel-Pinter… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ribosome is an ancient molecular fossil that provides a telescope to the origins of life.
Made from RNA and protein, the ribosome translates mRNA to coded protein in all living …

Analysis of synonymous codon usage patterns in mitochondrial genomes of nine Amanita species

Q Li, Y Luo, A Sha, W **ao, Z **ong, X Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Codon basis is a common and complex natural phenomenon observed in many
kinds of organisms. Methods In the present study, we analyzed the base bias of 12 …

Use of DNA barcodes to identify flowering plants

WJ Kress, KJ Wurdack, EA Zimmer… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
Methods for identifying species by using short orthologous DNA sequences, known as “DNA
barcodes,” have been proposed and initiated to facilitate biodiversity studies, identify …

A Two-Locus Global DNA Barcode for Land Plants: The Coding rbcL Gene Complements the Non-Coding trnH-psbA Spacer Region

WJ Kress, DL Erickson - PLoS one, 2007 - journals.plos.org
Background A useful DNA barcode requires sufficient sequence variation to distinguish
between species and ease of application across a broad range of taxa. Discovery of a DNA …

Endosymbiotic gene transfer: organelle genomes forge eukaryotic chromosomes

JN Timmis, MA Ayliffe, CY Huang, W Martin - Nature reviews genetics, 2004 - nature.com
Genome sequences reveal that a deluge of DNA from organelles has constantly been
bombarding the nucleus since the origin of organelles. Recent experiments have shown that …