Intracellular mitochondrial triplasmy in a patient with two heteroplasmic base changes

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1430-1438

  Bidooki, S K ^a   Johnson, M A ^a   Chrzanowska Lightowlers, Z ^a   Bindoff, L A ^b   Lightowlers, R N ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOBLAST; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

EID: 0030921064     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515460     Document Type: Article

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