Intraorganellar Cross-Talks, Signal Exchanges, Protein Import, and Networks

Dear Colleagues,

Thijs J.G. Ettema wrote “Mitochondria in the second act”, citing Pittis and Gabaldón (page 101) who provide evidence that the host cell from which eukaryotes evolved was already genetically chimaeric before mitochondrial symbiosis, suggesting that mitochondria were included later in eukaryotic evolution than was previously presumed (https://www.nature.com/articles/nature16876; Nature volume 531, pages 39–40 (03 March 2016)). This means that cross-talk between mitochondria and other organelles was possible from the initial moments of mitochondria establishment. We propose intracellular organelle cross-talk as one of the newest topics that deserve consideration. We would like to publish a Special Issue of Cells entitled “Intraorganellar cross-talks, signal exchange, protein import, and networks". We aim to characterize and establish a new world of cellular functions.

Prof. Dr. Hideyuki J. Majima
Prof. Dr. Yidong Bai
Guest Editors

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