Mitochondrial DNA deletions in human brain: Regional variability and increase with advanced age

Nature Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 324-329

  Corral Debrinski, Marisol ^a   Horton, Terzah ^a   Lott, Marie T ^a   Shoffner, John M ^a   Beal, M Flint ^b   Wallace, Douglas C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE DELETION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0027017232     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1292-324     Document Type: Article

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