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Term
Mitochondria MGI Glossary
Definition
The organelles that generate energy in eukaryotic cells. Mitochondria have their own genome encoding a subset of the proteins found in mitochondria; the mitochondrial genome uses an alternate genetic code.
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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc
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04/03/2013
MGI 5.12 		The Jackson Laboratory