Mitochondrial genome instability in human cancers

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 488, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-23

  Bianchi, Néstor O ^a   Bianchi, Martha S ^a   Richard, Silvina M ^a  

^a Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Celular   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cancer; Genetic instability; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial mutations

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLYMERASE GAMMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TESTIS CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 0035109346     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5742(00)00063-6     Document Type: Review

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