Mitochondrial transcription factor A is necessary for mtDNA maintenance and embryogenesis in mice

Nature Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 231-236

  Larsson, Nils Göran ^a   Wang, Jianming ^a   Wilhelmsson, Hans ^a,b   Oldfors, Anders ^c   Rustin, Pierre ^d   Lewandoski, Mark ^e   Barsh, Gregory S ^f   Clayton, David A ^g  

^a Center for Molecular Medicine   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LETHALITY; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031930319     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0398-231     Document Type: Article

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