Yeast Mitochondria and the Petite Mutation

• Published in: Brewing and Distilling Yeasts pp. 309 - 324
• Main Author: Stewart, Graham G
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 2018; Springer International Publishing
• Series: The Yeast Handbook

The structure and function of yeast mitochondria and a plethora of eukaryotes have been the subject of intensive investigations for many decades. The predominant concept is that mitochondria are the “energy powerhouses of the cell”. These studies, combined with the evolutionary origin of mitochondri...