Advances in Mitochondrial Medicine

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Scatena, Roberto (Editor), Bottoni, Patrizia (Editor), Giardina, Bruno (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 942
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Molecular biology.; Pharmacology.; Medical biochemistry.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Cancer Research.; Molecular Medicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Medical Biochemistry.

Mitochondria are far more than the “powerhouse” of the cell as they have classically been described. In fact, mitochondria biological activities have progressively expanded to include not only various bioenergetic processes but also important biosynthetic pathways, calcium homeostasis and thermogene...