MELAS with point mutations involving tRNALeu (A3243G) and TRNAGlu (A14693G)

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 575-581

  Tzen, Chin Yuan ^a   Thajeb, Peterus ^a   Wu, Tsu Yen ^a   Chen, Shiu Ching ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

A14693G; Double mutation; MELAS syndrome; Mitochondria; tRNA for glutamic acid

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; GLUTAMINE; GUANINE; LEUCINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENBANK; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HETEROPLASMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; MUTATION RATE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POINT MUTATION; RNA, TRANSFER, GLU; RNA, TRANSFER, LEU;

EID: 0242300145     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10473     Document Type: Article

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