Mitochondria and Cancer

by Keshav K. Singh

Book Overview

Nearly a century of scientific research has revealed that mitochondrial dysfunction is one of the most common and consistent phenotypes of cancer cells. A number of notable differences in the mitochondria of normal and cancer cells have been described. These include differences in mitochondrial metabolic activity, molecular composition of mitochondria and mtDNA sequence, as well as in alteration of nuclear genes encoding mitochondrial proteins. This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441927387
• ISBN13: 9781441927385
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 289 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"