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Mitochondria just wanna have FUN ( DC 1)
Author(s) -
Bliek Alexander M
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the embo journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.484
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1460-2075
pISSN - 0261-4189
DOI - 10.15252/embj.201694759
Subject(s) - biology , mitochondrion , microbiology and biotechnology , biophysics
A fascinating story is unfolding at the interface between mitochondria and the ER . Two new papers, one in this issue of The EMBO Journal (Wu et al , [Wu W, 2016]) and one in the journal Autophagy (Chen et al , [Chen M, 2016]), further clarify the role of mitochondrial outer membrane protein FUNDC 1 in autophagy and connect it to mitochondrial fission occurring at the interface between mitochondria and the ER .