Mosaicism for a specific somatic mitochondrial DNA mutation in adult human brain

Nature Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 318-323

  Soong, Nay Wei ^a   Hinton, David R ^b   Cortopassi, Gino ^a   Arnheim, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOSAICISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOSAICISM; SEQUENCE DELETION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0027021442     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1292-318     Document Type: Article

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