Analysis of a polycytosine tract and heteroplasmic length variation in the mitochondrial DNA D-loop of patients with diabetes, MELAS syndrome and race-matched controls

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 413-416

  Gill Randall, R ^a   Sherratt, E J ^a   Thomas, A W ^b   Gagg, J W ^a   Lee, A ^a   Alcolado, J C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA polymorphism; MELAS; Mitochondrial DNA; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELAS SYNDROME; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CYTOSINE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; POINT MUTATION; POLY C; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, TRANSFER, LEU; THYMINE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034924418     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2001.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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