New Beginnings: Mitochondrial Renewal by Massive Mitochondrial Fusion.
Massive mitochondrial fusion (MMF) in germinating arabidopsis seeds, together with earlier studies, suggests a significant role for MMF in the life cycle of flowering plants. MMF is likely to facilitate nucleoid transmission, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) recombination, and the homogenization of mitochondrial components, thus providing a type of quality control for mitochondrial populations in new generations.
['Rose|Ray J|RJ|', 'McCurdy|David W|DW|']
D017360:Arabidopsis D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial D019684:Magnoliopsida D008928:Mitochondria D063154:Mitochondrial Dynamics D011995:Recombination, Genetic D012639:Seeds
massive mitochondrial fusion nucleoid transmission mitochondria mitochondria quality control