Nowadays, mitochondrial diseases are recognized and studied with much attention and they cannot be considered anymore as 'rare diseases'. Yeast has been an instrumental organism to understand the genetic and molecular aspects of the many roles of mitochondria within the cells. Thanks to the general conservation of mitochondrial genes and pathways between human and yeast, it can also be used to model some diseases. In this review, we focus on the most recent topics, exemplifying those for which yeast models have been especially valuable. © 2010 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.
Mitochondrial diseases and the role of the yeast models / Rinaldi, Teresa; Cristina, Dallabona; Ileana, Ferrero; Frontali, Laura; Monique Bolotin, Fukuhara. - In: FEMS YEAST RESEARCH. - ISSN 1567-1356. - 10:8(2010), pp. 1006-1022. [10.1111/j.1567-1364.2010.00685.x]
Mitochondrial diseases and the role of the yeast models
RINALDI, Teresa;FRONTALI, Laura;
2010
Abstract
Nowadays, mitochondrial diseases are recognized and studied with much attention and they cannot be considered anymore as 'rare diseases'. Yeast has been an instrumental organism to understand the genetic and molecular aspects of the many roles of mitochondria within the cells. Thanks to the general conservation of mitochondrial genes and pathways between human and yeast, it can also be used to model some diseases. In this review, we focus on the most recent topics, exemplifying those for which yeast models have been especially valuable. © 2010 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
