As power plants and energy stores, mitochondria are essential components of almost all cells in plants, fungi and animals. Until now, it has been assumed that these functions underlie a static ...

Mitochondria, the powerhouse of cells, are involved in several critical functions including cell division and preserving responses to various types of stress. Studying the details of the mitochondria ...

Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä have found that herpesvirus infection modifies the structure and normal function of the mitochondria in the host cell. The new information will help to ...

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) forms contacts with several organelles, and the most well-characterized of these are ER–mitochondria contacts. Regions of close contact between the ER and mitochondrial ...

Which exercise is superior for improving mitochondrial functioning? Which exercise results in the most dramatic positive ...

Blocking fatty ceramides could stop acute kidney injury—and possibly revolutionize mitochondrial disease treatment.

Researchers have deciphered the structure of part of the ribosome found in mitochondria, the power plants of the cell. The scientists were able to benefit from advancements in the field of electron ...

Biologists from the A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, a unit of the Lomonosov Moscow State University suggested the approach to prevent kidney injury after ischemia. Moreover, the ...

Researchers uncovered how fatty molecules called ceramides trigger acute kidney injury by damaging the mitochondria that ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Mitochondrial oxidative activity and membrane lipid structure of two wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars were measured as a function of ...