Direct evidence that mitochondrial iron accumulation occurs in friedreich ataxia

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 673-675

  Delatycki, Martin B ^a   Camakaris, James ^b   Brooks, Hilary ^b   Evans Whipp, Tracy ^a   Thorburn, David R ^a   Williamson, Robert ^a   Forrest, Susan M ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; FRATAXIN; FREE RADICAL; IRON;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YEAST;

FIBROBLASTS; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; IRON; MITOCHONDRIA;

EID: 0032914608     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(199905)45:5<673::AID-ANA20>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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