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Mitochondrion - The Illuminated Plant Cell

Mitochondrion
The Illuminated Plant Cell
by David Logan
Department of Biology
University of Saskatchewan

Mitochondria are vital organelles that perform a variety of fundamental functions ranging from the synthesis of much of the cell’s energy currency, adenosine triphosphate (ATP), through to their involvement in the initiation and promulgation of cell death. Mitochondria therefore have a dual role as key players in the provision of the energy for life, and in providing a trigger for death.

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