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Transcriptional Paradigms in Mammalian Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Function

Richard C. Scarpulla
- 01 Apr 2008 - 
- Vol. 88, Iss: 2, pp 611-638
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These transcriptional paradigms provide a basic framework for understanding the integration of mitochondrial biogenesis and function with signaling events that dictate cell- and tissue-specific energetic properties.
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Mitochondria contain their own genetic system and undergo a unique mode of cytoplasmic inheritance. Each organelle has multiple copies of a covalently closed circular DNA genome (mtDNA). The entire...

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