Proteins make life and are made by ribosomes. In mitochondria, the repertoire of the mitoribosomal architectures turns out to be much more diverse than previously thought.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 26, 2020
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One could say that mitochondria, the energy-producing organelles inside every human cell, dance to their own beat. After all, they have their own genome—a set of DNA-containing chromosomes—completely separate from the ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 9, 2020
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Scientists can now precisely edit the genes inside mitochondria, the tiny energy factories inside of cells.
Biotechnology
Jul 8, 2020
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New research in fruit flies suggests that males may be at greater risk than females of diseases caused by mutations in mitochondrial DNA.
Plants & Animals
Jul 1, 2020
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New insight on the extinction history of a flightless seabird that vanished from the shores of the North Atlantic during the 19th century has been published today in eLife.
Ecology
Nov 26, 2019
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The mitochondrion, "the powerhouse of the cell." Somewhere back in the very distant past, something like a bacterium moved into another cell and never left, retaining some of its own DNA. For billions of years, mitochondria ...
Biotechnology
Sep 23, 2019
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Researchers in Japan have edited plant mitochondrial DNA for the first time, which could lead to a more secure food supply. Nuclear DNA was first edited in the early 1970s, chloroplast DNA was first edited in 1988, and animal ...
Biotechnology
Jul 8, 2019
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The tube anemone Isarachnanthus nocturnus is only 15 cm long but has the largest mitochondrial genome of any animal sequenced to date, with 80,923 base pairs. The human mitochondrial genome (mitogenome), for example, comprises ...
Evolution
Jun 11, 2019
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Mitochondria, the 'batteries' that produce our energy, interact with the cell's nucleus in subtle ways previously unseen in humans, according to research published today in the journal Science.
Cell & Microbiology
May 23, 2019
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The tube-dwelling anemone is an ancient sea creature that resembles a prehistoric flower. The animals live slow, long and predictable lifestyles and look fairly similar from species to species.
Plants & Animals
Apr 23, 2019
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