SnapShot: Mitochondrial Nucleoid

Cell. 2018 Jan 11;172(1-2):388-388.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.12.039.

Authors

Nina A Bonekamp¹, Nils-Göran Larsson²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mitochondrial Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, D-50931 Cologne, Germany.
² Department of Mitochondrial Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, D-50931 Cologne, Germany; Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: larsson@age.mpg.de.

PMID: 29328920
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.12.039

Abstract

Mitochondrial DNA is compacted into nucleoprotein complexes denoted mitochondrial nucleoids, the focus of this SnapShot.

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Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics
DNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism*
Humans
Mitochondria / genetics
Mitochondria / metabolism*
Mitochondrial Proteins / genetics
Mitochondrial Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

DNA-Binding Proteins
Mitochondrial Proteins