Detection of the age-dependent 4977 bp deletion of mitochondrial DNA: A pilot study

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 288-291

  Meissner C ^a   Von Wurmb, N ^a   Oehmichen, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

4977 bp deletion; Age dependence; Mitochondrial DNA; PCR; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE; INFANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030855755     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004140050089     Document Type: Article

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