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The cutting edge of mitochondrial fusion

Nature Cell Biology volume 5, pages 497–499 (2003)Cite this article

Mitochondrial membrane fusion contributes to the shape and distribution of mitochondria in the eukaryotic cytoplasm. Recent work shows that a key component of the fusion reaction, Mgm1p, is activated by a novel mitochondrial protease related to the Drosophila melanogaster signalling protein Rhomboid.

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Figure 1: Alterations of mitochondrial morphology during growth of S. cerevisiae.

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