Emerging roles of mitochondria in the evolution, biogenesis and function of peroxisomes.

In the last century peroxisomes were thought to have an endosymbiotic origin. Along with mitochondria and chloroplasts, peroxisomes primarily regulate their numbers through the growth and division of pre-existing organelles, and they house specific machinery for protein import. These features were...

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Main Authors: Heidi May Mcbride, Abhishek eMohanty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2013.00268/full