Rearrangements of human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA): New insights into the regulation of mtDNA copy number and gene expression

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1471-1485

  Tang, Yingying ^a   Schon, Eric A ^a   Wilichowski, Ekkehard ^b   Vazquez Memije, Martel E ^c   Davidson, Edgar ^d   King, Michael P ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KEARNS SAYRE SYNDROME; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 0034128803     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.11.4.1471     Document Type: Article

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