Mitochondria (IMAGE)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Mitochondria

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Mitochondria in one cell are distributed throughout the cytosol and excluded from the central nucleus. When microtubule polymerization and mitochondrial divisions are inhibited, mitochondria form a variety of shapes revealing their plasticity.

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Image from Stephan Frank (Basel University Hospital, Switzerland)

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