The pathogenic role of point mutations affecting the translational initiation codon of mitochondrial genes

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 238-240

  Fernández Moreno, Miguel Angel ^a   Bornstein, Belén ^a,b   Campos, Yolanda ^c   Arenas, Joaquín ^c   Garesse, Rafael ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial translation; MtDNA mutation; MtDNA T3308C mutation; ND1 gene

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; CODON; ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; FAMILY STUDY; FIBROBLAST; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033867123     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mgme.2000.3005     Document Type: Article

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