A case of liver optic neuropathy with a new point mutation in the cytochrome b gene;Ein fall von leberscher optikusneuropathie (LHON) mit einer neuen punktmutation im cytochrom-b-gen

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-32

  Besch, Dorothea ^a   Wissinger, Bernd ^a   Zrenner, Eberhardt ^a   Leo Kottler, Beate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b gene; Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy; Mitochondrial DNA; mtDNA; Point mutation

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; POINT MUTATION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034100681     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00007105     Document Type: Article

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