A calcium signaling defect in the pathogenesis of a mitochondrial DNA inherited oxidative phosphorylation deficiency

Nature Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 951-954

  Brini, Marisa ^c   Pinton, Paolo ^c   King, Michael P ^a,b   Davidson, Mercy ^a   Schon, Eric A ^a   Rizzuto, Rosario ^c  

^a Department of Neurology Coll Phys Surgs of Columbia Univ ^*  (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Biochemistry Thomas Jefferson University ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032773120     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/11396     Document Type: Article

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