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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 30.
Published in final edited form as: Trends Cell Biol. 2014 Dec 11;25(3):158–170. doi: 10.1016/j.tcb.2014.11.002

Figure 2. Mitochondrial maintenance pathways.

Figure 2

Several pathways have evolved that maintain mitochondrial integrity. These include faithful DNA replication; efficient DNA repair; enzymes and molecules that remove reactive oxygen species (ROS); mitochondrial morphology regulation through fission and fusion; and whole organelle removal through mitophagy.