A unique junctional palindromic sequence in mitochondrial DNA from a patient with progressive external ophthalmoplegia

Journal of Clinical Pathology - Molecular Pathology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 333-335

  Saiwaki, T ^a   Shiga, K ^a   Fukuyama, R ^a   Tsutsumi, Y ^a   Fushiki, S ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Mitochondria; Polymerase chain reaction; Progressive external ophthalmoplegia

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PALINDROMIC DNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE EXTERNAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033674429     PISSN: 13668714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/mp.53.6.333     Document Type: Article

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