Unlike actual power plants, which are set in size and location, mitochondria are rather dynamic. They constantly shift in size, number and location, traveling between many different parts of the ...

In SMA, mitochondria in the skeletal muscles involved in voluntary movements don’t work properly, possibly contributing to the disease’s symptoms.

The integral part that mitochondria play in many aspects of eukaryote biology might well reflect their role in the origin of eukaryotes themselves. Lane, N. Life Ascending: The Ten Greatest ...

are encoded by nuclear genes and imported into mitochondria 3. These organelles normally work in tandem with the other parts of the cell, protected by the strong outer and inner mitochondrial ...