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David C Logan1, Iain Scott, Alyson K Tobin
1Sir Harold Mitchell Building, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9TH, UK. david.logan@st-and.ac.uk
Abstract:
A mitochondrial-GFP construct was used to tag mitochondria fluorescently in a T-DNA knockout line for the Arabidopsis dynamin ADL2a. Visualization of mitochondria in vivo demonstrated that disruption of ADL2a affected mitochondrial morphology. Mitochondria in the mutant had a complex morphology; occasionally large spherical organelles could be seen, but, more frequently, the mitochondria adopted a tubular morphology with many constrictions along their length. Mitochondria in the mutant also frequently possessed long protuberances that were named matrixules, extending to many micrometres in length.
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