Brief introduction to mitochondrial dynamics

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  • Alejandro Martorell Riera Spain

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mitochondrial dynamics

Abstract

In the last 150 years, research on mitochondria has influenced numerous scientific disciplines. The first observations focused from a physiological perspective to understand what prominent role mitochondria played within the cell. Bioenergetic functions such as oxidative phosphorylation, the Krebs cycle, and the β-oxidation of fatty acids were described. Around the fifties, the use of the electron microscope boosted the observation of mitochondria, thus obtaining new knowledge about their structure. Until 1960, mitochondrial DNA was not discovered, which sparked an interesting debate about the evolution of mitochondria by endosymbiosis. Later on, the import of proteins into the mitochondria and their role in the control of apoptosis have considerably expanded interest in their research (Ernster and Schatz 1981)

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Published

2014-10-21

How to Cite

Martorell Riera , A. (2014). Brief introduction to mitochondrial dynamics. Encuentros En La Biología, 7(151), 179–181. Retrieved from https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/enbio/article/view/18133

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