Getting to the nucleus of mitochondrial disorders: Identification of respiratory chain-enzyme genes causing Leigh syndrome

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1594-1597

  Dahl, Hans Henrik M ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME;

EDITORIAL; GENE ISOLATION; HUMAN; LEIGH DISEASE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

EID: 0032471513     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302169     Document Type: Editorial

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