Persistent heteroplasmy of a mutation in the human mtDNA control region: Hypermutation as an apparent consequence of simple-repeat expansion/contraction

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1589-1598

  Howell, Neil ^a,b   Smejkal, Christy Bogolin ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; REPETITIVE DNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILY STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENEALOGY; GENOME; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; MUTATION RATE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERTANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033911276     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302910     Document Type: Article

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