Accumulation of mitochondrial DNA deletions in human retina during aging

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 384-391

  Barreau, Emmanuel ^a   Brossas, Jean Yves ^a   Courtois, Yves ^a   Tréton, Jacques A ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

aging; mitochondrial DNA; neural retina; polymerase chain reaction technique; retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RETINA; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0030062175     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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