Low mutational burden of individual acquired mitochondrial DNA mutations in brain

Genomics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 113-116

  Simon, D K ^a   Lin, M T ^b   Ahn, C H ^b   Liu, G J ^a   Gibson, G E ^b   Beal, M F ^b   Johns, D R ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN TISSUE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FIBROBLAST; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE DEGENERATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 0035309740     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.2001.6515     Document Type: Article

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