Heteroplasmy levels of a mitochondrial gene mutation associated with diabetes mellitus decrease in leucocyte DNA upon aging

Human Mutation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 193-197

  'T Hart, Leen M ^a   Jansen, Janna J ^b   Lemkes, Herman H P J ^b   De Knijff, Peter ^b   Antonie Maassen, J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Diabetes mellitus; Heteroplasmy; mtDNA; tRNA(Leu(UUR))

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, TRANSFER, LEU; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0029960177     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1996)7:3<193::AID-HUMU2>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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