Mitochondria harbouring mutant mtDNA - A cuckoo in the nest?

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 380, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 871-877

  Hofhaus, Götz ^a   Gattermann, Norbert ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial DNA mutations; Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies; Mitochondrial pathology; Myelodyplastic syndrome; Replicative advantage; Segregation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MITOSIS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL;

CELL DIVISION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUTATION; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 0032826309     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.1999.107     Document Type: Review

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