Two pathogenic point mutations exist in the authentic mitochondrial genome, not in the nuclear pseudogene

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 337-341

  Akanuma, J ^a   Muraki, K ^a   Komaki, H ^a   Nonaka, I ^a   Goto, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Long PCR; Mitochondrial DNA; Point mutations; Pseudogene; Rho 0 cell

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOME; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MYOPATHY; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOGENE;

EID: 0033671564     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100380070004     Document Type: Article

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