Molecular genetic aspects of human mitochondrial disorders

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue , 1995, Pages 151-178

  Larsson, Nils Göran ^a   Clayton, David A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

deletion; encephalopathy; mutation; myopathy; organelle

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFER RNA;

AGING; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029587469     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ge.29.120195.001055     Document Type: Review

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