How the Cell's Power Station Survives Attacks (IMAGE)

Salk Institute

How the Cell's Power Station Survives Attacks

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Scientists at the Salk Institute demonstrated how a molecular sensor detects damage in mitochondria (green) and induces reorganization of the entire mitochondrial network (nuclei in blue). Normal mitochondria (left) undergo massive reorganization (right) after exposure to the toxin rotenone.

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