The mitochondrial genome. The nucleoid
- Authors: Kolesnikov A.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Faculty of Biology
- Issue: Vol 81, No 10 (2016)
- Pages: 1057-1065
- Section: Review
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0006-2979/article/view/151025
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006297916100047
- ID: 151025
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Abstract
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in cells is organized in nucleoids containing DNA and various proteins. This review discusses questions of organization and structural dynamics of nucleoids as well as their protein components. The structures of mt-nucleoid from different organisms are compared. The currently accepted model of nucleoid organization is described and questions needing answers for better understanding of the fine mechanisms of the mitochondrial genetic apparatus functioning are discussed.
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About the authors
A. A. Kolesnikov
Faculty of Biology
Author for correspondence.
Email: aak330@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119991
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