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Optic Atrophy 1 Is Epistatic to the Core MICOS Component MIC60 in Mitochondrial Cristae Shape Control

Christina Glytsou1, Enrique Calvo2, Sara Cogliati3

  • 1Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova 35121, Italy; IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome 00179, Italy; Dulbecco-Telethon Institute, Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, Padova 35129, Italy.

Cell Reports
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MICOSOPA1cristaemitochondriaproteomics

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