... (A) Fractionation PCR. A partial fragment of the mitochond-rial large subunit ribosomal RNA (23S rRNA) was amplified by PCR,using fraction samples that contained equal amounts of protein.Lane, ... mitochondria in the apoptotic-likeprogrammed nuclear death of Tetrahymena thermophilaTakashi Kobayashi and Hiroshi EndohDivision of Life Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa ... kb. To date, there has been no evidence of an association between mitochondria and Tetrahym-ena cell death, and mitochondrial homologues of mam-malian apoptosis factors, such as AIF, have not...