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ArticleReproductive medicine and biology2014

Dynamic regulation of mitochondrial genome maintenance in germ cells.

Katsumi Kasashima, Yasumitsu Nagao, Hitoshi Endo

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Article in Reproductive medicine and biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Katsumi KasashimaDepartment of Biochemistry, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498 Japan.
Yasumitsu NagaoCenter for Experimental Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498 Japan.
Hitoshi EndoDepartment of Biochemistry, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498 Japan.
Jichi Medical University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondria play a crucial role in the development and function of germ cells. Mitochondria contain a maternally inherited genome that should be transmitted to offspring without reactive oxygen species-induced damage during germ line development. Germ cells are also involved in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) bottleneck; thus, the appropriate regulation of mtDNA in these cells is very important for this characteristic transmission. In this review, we focused on unique regulation of the mitochondrial genome in animal germ cells; paternal elimination and the mtDNA bottleneck in females. We also summarized the mitochondrial nucleoid factors involved in various mtDNA regulation pathways. Among them, mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM), which has pleiotropic and essential roles in mtDNA maintenance, appears to have putative roles in germ cell regulation.

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BottleneckMaternal inheritanceMitochondrial DNANucleoidTFAM

Identifiers

PMID24482608
PMCPMC3890057
OpenAlexW2071336461

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