Point mutations in the mitochondrial tRNA(Lys) gene: Implications for pathogenesis and mechanism

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 215-219

  Masucci, Judy P ^a,b   Schon, Eric A ^a   King, Michael P ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; MERRF; Mitochondria; mtDNA; tRNA

Indexed keywords

LYSINE TRANSFER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MERRF SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; RNA GENE; RNA TRANSLATION;

CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; MERRF SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; POINT MUTATION; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 0030765110     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006808524536     Document Type: Article

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