Submissions tagged with mitochondria
(4 documents)
MitoWheel, visualizing the human mitochondrial genome
So far researchers, web users were restricted to non-intuitive and visually poor text based databases every time they wanted to take a look on the mitochondrial DNA and find a region of interest. B…
Received 07 May 2009 14:40 UTC; Posted 07 May 2009
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Bioinformatics
Recombinant Mitochondrial Transcription Factor A with N-terminal Mitochondrial Transduction Domain Increases Respiration and Mitochondrial Gene Expression in G11778A Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy Cybrid Cells
Diseases involving mitochondrial defects usually manifest themselves in high-energy, post-mitotic tissues such as brain, retina, skeletal and cardiac muscle and frequently cause deficiencies in mit…
Received 15 July 2008 15:38 UTC; Posted 18 July 2008
Posted to: Biotechnology, Neuroscience
Creatine kinase in energy metabolic signaling in muscle
There has been much debate on the mechanism of regulation of mitochondrial ATP synthesis to balance ATP consumption during changing cardiac workloads. A key role of creatine kinase (CK) isoenzymes …
Received 14 November 2007 14:44 UTC; Posted 14 November 2007
Posted to: Molecular Cell Biology, Bioinformatics
Intact mitochondria migrate in membrane tubular network connections formed between human stem cells
The hypothesis of mitochondrial transfer between eukaryotic animal cells is intriguing, although its route of action and physiological role is unknown. Our goal was to examine intercellular connect…
Received 12 June 2007 16:02 UTC; Posted 13 June 2007
Posted to: Molecular Cell Biology