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ReviewThe Journal of biological chemistry2020

Visualizing, quantifying, and manipulating mitochondrial DNA in vivo.

David L Prole, Patrick F Chinnery, Nick S Jones

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Review in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. DNA-Binding Properties of Iridium(III) Complexes Encompassing Design, Function and Biophysical Assessments.Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry · 2026
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  3. Yeast-mediated display: probingIranian journal of microbiology · 2025
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  7. Mitochondrial DNA signals driving immune responses: Why, How, Where?Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2025
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  16. Cellular mechanisms of mtDNA heteroplasmy dynamics.Critical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

David L ProleDepartment of Mathematics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Patrick F ChinneryMedical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Electronic address: pfc25@medschl.cam.ac.uk.
Nick S JonesDepartment of Mathematics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: nick.jones@imperial.ac.uk.

Funding

Department of HealthMedical Research Council MC_UU_00015/9Medical Research Council MR/S005021/1Medical Research Council MR/S035699/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 212219/Z/18/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) encodes proteins and RNAs that support the functions of mitochondria and thereby numerous physiological processes. Mutations of mtDNA can cause mitochondrial diseases and are implicated in aging. The mtDNA within cells is organized into nucleoids within the mitochondrial matrix, but how mtDNA nucleoids are formed and regulated within cells remains incompletely resolved. Visualization of mtDNA within cells is a powerful means by which mechanistic insight can be gained. Manipulation of the amount and sequence of mtDNA within cells is important experimentally and for developing therapeutic interventions to treat mitochondrial disease. This review details recent developments and opportunities for improvements in the experimental tools and techniques that can be used to visualize, quantify, and manipulate the properties of mtDNA within cells.

Indexed as

AntibodiesBenzothiazolesDiaminesDNA, MitochondrialHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMicroscopy, ConfocalMitochondriaQuinolinesUrea1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylureaAntibodiesBenzothiazolesDiaminesDNA, MitochondrialQuinolinesSYBR Green IUreaaginggene editingmicroscopymitochondriamitochondrial diseasemitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)mitophagy

Identifiers

PMID33454000
PMCPMC7762947

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