Mitochondrial DNA structure and function

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2002, Pages 3-23

  Moraes, Carlos T ^a   Srivastava, Sarika ^a   Kirkinezos, Ilias ^a   Oca Cossio, Jose ^a   vanWaveren, Corina ^a   Woischnick, Markus ^a   Diaz, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0036988352     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(02)53002-6     Document Type: Review

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