Mitochondrial growth during the cell cycle of Trypanosoma brucei bloodstream forms
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Mitochondrial growth during the cell cycle of Trypanosoma brucei bloodstream forms
Mitochondrial organelles need to be replicated during cell division. Many aspects of this process have been studied in great detail, however the actual size increase and the position of organelle growth are less well understood. We use the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei that contains a single mitochondrion to study organelle biogenesis by fluorescence microscopy. From the analysis of mor...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scientific Reports
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/srep36565