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Inheriting Maternal mtDNA

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: Sperm mitochondria are destroyed by autophagy at fertilization in C. elegans , explaining the maternal origin of mitochondria in this and perhaps other animals.

Source: Science

DOI: 10.1126/science.1215480

Authors: Beth Levine, Zvulun Elazar

Institutions: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Weizmann Institute of Science

Language: English

Topic: Autophagy in Disease and Therapy

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Cancer Institute

Award: Beclin 1-Bcl-2 Interactions: Effects on Autophagy

OpenAlex ID: W2023453242

FWCI: 1.205

Cites: 10

Cited by: 21

Related to: 10