Is the mitochondrial complex I ND5 gene a hot-spot for MELAS causing mutations?

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 128-132

  Liolitsa, Danae ^a   Rahman, Shamina ^b   Benton, Sarah ^c   Carr, Lucinda J ^c   Hanna, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LEIGH DISEASE; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; ND5 GENE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHILD; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX I; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 0037235874     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10435     Document Type: Article

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