The mitochondrial DNA A3243G mutation in Werner's syndrome

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 339-342

  Takeuchi, Fujio ^a   Harihara, Shinji ^b   Nakamura, Kenichi ^c   Takubo, Kaiyo ^c   Kanamori, Masao ^d   Goto, Makoto ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^d HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Tokyo Metropolitan Ohtsuka Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese; Mitochondria; mtDNA A3243G mutation; Werner's syndrome; White blood cell

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WERNER SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0037358512     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(02)002090-7     Document Type: Article

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