However, biologists also know that most of our cells have mitochondria that do, in fact, retain the circular DNA, the chromosome 'M,' which they inherited from their prokaryotic ancestors.

They turn the food we eat into the energy our cells can use. But when stress hijacks the process they use to maintain their ...

The mitochondrial inner membrane (IMM) surrounding the matrix permits the formation of an electrochemical proton gradient that drives aerobic adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthesis, and the outer ...

Newly published CU Boulder research reveals previously unknown qualities of a gene vital to a cell’s mitochondrial structure and function A key takeaway from first-year biology is that mitochondria ...

“When fruit fly larvae expressed alpha-synuclein at elevated levels similar to what is seen in Parkinson’s disease, many of the mitochondria we observed became unhealthy, and many became fragmented.

Getting pyruvate into our mitochondria sounds straightforward, but until now we haven't been able to understand the mechanism of how this process occurs. Using state-of-the-art cryo-electron ...

A new study represents a first step towards generating highly detailed 3-dimensional maps of lung tumors using genetically engineered mouse models. Scientists have long known that mitochondria ...

With state-of-the art microscopes at the SickKids Imaging Facility, Dr. Akriti Prashar, a postdoctoral fellow in Jones’ lab and first author on the paper, identified that a mitochondria’s ...

Mammalian mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is thought to be strictly maternally inherited. 1,2 Sperm mitochondria disappear in early embryogenesis by selective destruction, inactivation, or simple ...

The mechanisms of mitochondrial recycling In cells, structures called lysosomes act as recycling centers that can digest different kinds of molecular material. With state-of-the art microscopes at ...