Refrences
Text Books
Molecular Biology of the Cell (4th Edition)
Chapter 2 and 14 gives detailed description of mitochondrion structure and mechanisms. This book can be viewed online.
Useful websites
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=leberhereditaryopticneuropathy
https://www.mitochondrial.net/showabstract.php?pmid=1769162
https://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=8920 https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1215103-overview
https://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/283/5407/1482.pdf
Furthure reading
Green D. R. and Reed J. C. (1998)
Mitochondria and apoptosis
Revue Science 281, 1309-1312
Catherine M. O’Reilly et al (2003)
Quantitative Analysis of Spontaneous Mitochondrial Depolarizations
Biophysical Journal, 85, 3350-3357
Paolo Bernardi et al (1999)
Mitochondria and cell death
Journal of Biochemistry 264, 687-701