Perspectives

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 6, 657-663 (August 2005) | doi:10.1038/nrm1697

Mitochondrial fission in apoptosis

Richard J. Youle1 & Mariusz Karbowski1  About the authors

Top

Mitochondria fuse and divide continuously within cells to form a dynamic network. One of the steps in apoptosis is the fragmentation of mitochondria, and recent evidence indicates that the mitochondrial fission machinery actively participates in the process of programmed cell death.

Author affiliations

  1. Richard J. Youle and Mariusz Karbowski are in the Biochemistry Section, Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.

Correspondence to: Richard J. Youle1 Email: youler@ninds.nih.gov

Published online 15 July 2005

MORE ARTICLES LIKE THIS

These links to content published by NPG are automatically generated.

NEWS AND VIEWS

Mitochondrial fission in life and death

Nature Cell Biology News and Views (01 Dec 2001)

Cell biology Mitochondria shape up

Nature News and Views (12 Oct 2006)

See all 4 matches for News And Views

Extra navigation

Subscribe

Subscribe to Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Search PubMed for

Open Innovation Challenges

naturejobs

Advertisement