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 ...

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 ...

As a result, ROS from overactive mitochondria are frequently cited as a source of DNA damage. Despite this longstanding belief, few studies have explicitly demonstrated this linkage. Tobias Dansen, a ...

Part of the complex also functions as an exchanger ... A transmitochondrial sodium gradient controls membrane potential in mammalian mitochondria, Cell (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.