Identification of Mitochondrial Inner Membranes in Anaerobically Grown Baker's Yeast
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T h e facultative anaerobe Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker's yeast) represents a unique experimental system for studying the mechanisms governing mito-ehondrial formation. If grown aerobically on a nonfermentable carbon source, this organism contains numerous well-defined mitoehondria closely resembling those of mammalian eeUs (1-3). However, baker's yeast can also meet its The Journal of General Physiology
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